Mary Frank
Mary Frank | |
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Born | Mary Lockspeiser 4 February 1933 London, England |
Known for | Painting, printmaking, sculpture |
Spouse |
Robert Frank (m. 1950–1969) |
Website | maryfrankartist |
Mary Frank (née Mary Lockspeiser; born 4 February 1933) is an English visual artist who works as a
Biography
Frank was born in London, the only child of Eleanore Lockspeiser (1909–1986), an American painter, and Edward Lockspeiser (1905–1973), English musicologist and art critic.
By this time she had two children: Pablo (named after Picasso), born February 7, 1951, and Andrea, born April 21, 1953. After her husband, Robert Frank, gained a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1955 she travelled with him and the children the following two years across the United States.[4]
Frank first exhibited her drawings in 1958 at the Poindexter Gallery in New York City. In 1969 Frank began her relationship with the Zabriskie Gallery in New York. Inspired by the sculpture and pottery of Margaret Ponce Israel, she began working in clay. It was also in that year that Frank illustrated the children's book, Buddha, by the author Joan Lebols Cohen.[5] In 1969 she also divorced Robert Frank. She purchased a summer home in Lake Hill, New York in 1973, and built her first kiln. Frank has been advocate of the solar cooking and solar water pasteurization movement.[citation needed]
On December 28, 1974, her 21-year-old daughter, Andrea, was killed in a plane crash in
Mary Frank's career spans five decades. She is largely self-taught and never had any formal training as a sculptor. She was elected to the
Currently she has works included in the permanent collections of the
Works
- Persephone (Ceramic sculpture, 1989)[23]
- Messenger (Cast bronze sculpture, 1991–92)[23]
- What Color Lament? (Oil and collage on board, 1991–93)[23]
- Knowing by Heart (closed) (Acrylic, oil, and collage on panel, 1997)[23]
- Knowing by Heart (open) (Acrylic, oil, and collage on panel, 1997)[23]
- This is the Remembering (closed) (Oil and acrylic on panel, 1996–97)[23]
- This is the Remembering (open) (Oil and acrylic on panel, 1996–97)[23]
- Migration (closed) (Acrylic, oil, and collage on panel, 1998–99)[23]
- Migration (open) (Acrylic, oil, and collage on panel, 1998–99)[23]
- Where or When? (closed) (Acrylic, oil and collage on panel, 1998–99)[23]
- Where or When? (open) (Acrylic, oil and collage on panel, 1998–99)[23]
- Ballad (closed) (Acrylic, oil and collage on panel, 1997–99)[23]
- Ballad (open) (Acrylic, oil and collage on panel, 1997–99)[23]
- Creature (Oil on panel, 1999)[23]
Bibliography
- Rosen, Randy, and Catherine C. Brawer. Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-85. New York: Abbeville Press, 1988.
- Mary Frank: Recent Paintings and Pastels, 1996 (exhibition catalogue), DC Moore Gallery, 1996
- Mary Frank: Recent Paintings and Pastels,[permanent dead link] 1998 (exhibition catalogue), DC Moore Gallery, 1998
- D'Souza, Aruna (March 2001). "Mary Frank and the Search for Self". Art in America. 89: 114–121.
- Mary Frank: Experiences, 2003 (exhibition catalogue), DC Moore Gallery, 2003
- Mary Frank: Paintings and Works on Paper, 2006 (exhibition catalogue), DC Moore Gallery, 2006
- Nochlin, Linda, and Maura Reilly. Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader, 2015.
See also
References
- ^ Meeker, Carlene (1 March 2009). "Mary Frank". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Frank, Mary. "Oral History Interview with Mary Frank, 2010 Jan 10 - Feb 3". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ISBN 0971375356.
- ^ "Mary Frank | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ISBN 0810967235.
- ^ O'Hagan, Sean (23 October 2004). "The big empty". Observer. Guardian News and Media Limited. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Meeker, Carlene (1 March 2009). "MARY FRANK". jwa.org. Jewish Women's Archive. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ISBN 9780824060497.
- ^ "Running Man, Mary Frank ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ "Persephone, from 'Persephone' series, Mary Frank ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
- ^ "Mary Frank". whitney.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Mary Frank. Untitled. 1977 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Works – Mary Frank – Artists – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art". Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Mary Frank | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-11-07. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts". PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Mary Frank | Princeton University Art Museum". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Woman Figure". Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. 2015-03-12. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Sundial". Grounds for Sculpture. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Weatherspoon Art Museum - Seated Woman with Crossed Legs". weatherspoonartmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Everson Museum :: Painting and Sculpture". www.everson.org. Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "Exchange: MP-5". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
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Sources
- Davenport, Ray, "Davenport's Art Reference and Price Guide, Gold Edition" (Ventura, California, 2005) ISSN 1540-1553; OCLC 18196910