Jane Freilicher was born in Brooklyn and did not seriously consider art as a career until she was at Brooklyn College. Her friend and fellow artist Nell Blaine encouraged her to study with Hans Hofmann. “It was very intimidating at first,” Freilicher later recalled, “but it was the beginning of the commitment to being an artist." Although she explored nonobjective painting at this early stage, she eventually grew more concerned with representing the surrounding world. Along with the painter and critic Fairfield Porter, Freilicher has been credited with developing what became known as “painterly realism.” In 1952, Porter reviewed her first one-woman exhibition at the prestigious Tibor de Nagy Gallery, and they became friends. Freilicher, along with the de Koonings and Larry Rivers, recommended Porter to the management at Tibor de Nagy, and he began showing there. In addition to Porter, Rivers, the de Koonings, and many other artists, Freilicher counted among her friends several poets of the New York School, including John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank OʼHara, and James Schuyler. In the 1950s, the artist visited Porter and his family in Southampton. This prompted her to purchase property in Water Mill Continued at http://artists.parrishart.org/index.php/Detail/Entity/Show/entity_id/213 ...painter Jane Freilicher’s pivotal role among the poets of the New York School, particularly John Ashbery and Frank O’Hara, along with Kenneth Koch and James Schuyler. Freilicher was in many ways a catalytic and consequential presence… https://newyorkschoolpoets.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/jane-freilicher-painter-among-poets-at-tibor-de-nagy/ undefined

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