Winter at Palos Hills, Chicago by Ernest T. Fredericks
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Ernest T. Fredericks (American, 1877–1959) Winter at Palos Hills, Chicago Oil on canvas 16 × 20 in. Signed lower left: “Ernest Fredericks”
Painted in brisk, broken strokes, Winter at Palos Hills, Chicago captures a quiet Midwestern snowfall as pale light pools across the ground and long blue shadows cut between tree trunks. Fredericks favors structure over detail, using warm notes in the branches and cool passages in the snow to create depth, stillness, and a clear sense of season.
Born Frederick Ernest Swedlun, Fredericks trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and worked for decades in the city as a painter and commercial artist. He later moved to California, where he continued to paint landscapes and exhibit widely, maintaining an approach that blends solid draftsmanship with an impressionistic feel for light and atmosphere.
