Biography from Lawrence Beebe:
| Frank Cuprien was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 23, 1871. His art studies took him to the Art Students' League of New York and the Cooper Institute of New York, he trained under William Trost Richards, in Philadelphia.
Seeking a mild climate and an inspirational landscape, Cuprien moved to California in 1910. Cuprien earned his reputation as a distinguished seascape painter while residing in the communities of Laguna Beach, Los Angeles and Catalina Island, California. He was a member of the California Art Club, Laguna Beach Art Association and the American Federation of Arts.
He received the Gold Medal award at the Berliner Ausstellung, the Silver Medal at the San Diego Exposition, 1915-1916 and the Bronze Medal at the California State Fair, 1918.
Frank Cuprien became known for his opalescent seacapes, a critic noted, "Cuprien loves to paint the slow incoming tide with a subdued illumination of the sun, or the softness of the afterglow on the ocean". His paintings can be found in the Laguna Beach Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Bowers Museum of Santa Ana, California. Frank Cuprien died in Laguna Beach, California on June 21, 1948. |
Biography from Edenhurst Gallery (Artists A to L):
| | Frank Cuprien is one of Southern California's most well known painters of the coast. His poetically soft and colorful images of the Laguna Coast at sunset have brought to him the most notoriety with collectors and scholars.Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1871, he began his studies there and at the Art Students League and the Cooper Institute. Later he followed his studies in Philadelphia. For a time he pursued a simultaneous career in music and studied in Munich and Paris.The turn of the twentieth century found him in Texas, and ever moving westward, eventually settled in southern California, lured by the legendarily beautiful scenery he aimed to capture in his canvases. Briefly staying in Catalina, he eventually settled in Laguna where he was to remain for the rest of his life. He led a rather bohemian lifestyle and his home overlooking the ocean became a gathering place for the early painters and musicians of the new art colony. He died in 1948, leaving a poetic legacy on canvas of the coastal waters off the beaches of southern California. |
Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art - Beverly Hills:
| Frank Cuprien was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1871. He began his studies at the Art Students League in New York, and continued at Cooper Union, Paris, Munich, and Leipzig.
Upon his return to the States, Cuprien taught at Baylor University in Texas for 5 years before moving on to California, settling in Laguna Beach. While in Southern California, Cuprien devoted himself to coastal paintings, for which he is best known.
Cuprien was a popular figure. His home/studio above the beach was a gathering spot for local artists. Upon his death in 1948, Cuprien bequeathed his estate to the Laguna Beach Art Association. |
Biography from AskART:
| A resident of Southern California from 1912, Frank Cuprien lived and painted primarily at Laguna Beach where he became known for seascapes and coastal scenes with dramatic lighting effects.
He was also a musician, and from his home, known as the "Viking" overlooking the ocean, he had many piano recitals and art exhibitions. He was a member of the California Art Club and President of the Laguna Beach Art Association. His work is in the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" |
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