This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  FRANK, Eugene C. (1844-1914). Painter. Born in Stuttgart, Germany on May 22, 1844 into a wealthy family. Frank was raised in opulence. The family estate covered 100 wooded acres and included a princely mansion which today is a museum. Frank arrived in the U.S. in 1860 as a sailor aboard a Russian warship. After military service, he studied art in Munich. In 1871 he immigrated to New York where he was employed as an engraver for the Heliographic Engraving Company. In the ensuing years he made 53 trips to Europe, toured Africa, the West Indies, and South America. Continuing his art training, his teachers included A. C. Homland, Alexander H. Wyant, Robert Minor, George Maynard, and Wm Hart. While traveling the world, he maintained studios in New York and
Pennsylvania. In 1908 he moved to southern California and built a palatial home in Glendale at the corner of Broadway and Wilson streets. Frank maintained a studio there until his death on Jan. 9, 1914. Although rarely seen, his works include marines, landscapes, and scenes from his travels.
Exh: San Diego Public Library, 1908; Calif. Art Club, 1908-14; Alaska-Yukon Expo (Seattle), 1909; Blanchard Gallery (LA), 1911; SFAA, 1911-13; Daniell Gallery (LA), 1912, 1913; LACMA, 1914; Panama-Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1915 (silver medal).
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Graphic, 11-30-1907; SCA; AAA 1914; AAW; NY Times, 1-12-1914 &
LA Times, 1-18-1914 & Art News, 2-7-1914 (obits); Glendale News
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  From Germany, Eugene Frank became a marine and landscape painter who immigrated to New York in 1861 and was first employed as an engraver for Heliographic Engraving Company. Among his art teachers were Wiliam Hart, and A.H. Wyant. He traveled worldwide but maintained studios in New York and Pennsylvania. In 1908, he moved to Los Angeles and remained there until his death in Glendale on January 9, 1914.
He was a member of the California Art Club and exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915 in San Diego.
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" |
Biography from Altermann Galleries and Auctioneers, II:
| Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Eugene C. Frank was in his teens when he came to New York in 1861, just as the Civil War broke out. He was hired as an engraver for the Heliographic Engraving Company, which had been founded by Bavarian Frederick W. von Egloffstein, who is considered the father of the half-tone engraving process.
In 1874, Frank began his formal art studies. Among his art teachers were William Hart and A.H. Wyant. Although he set up studios in New York and Pennsylvania, he traveled extensively throughout the world, and became known as a marine and landscape painter. In 1908, he moved to Los Angeles and remained there until his death in Glendale on January 9, 1914.
Frank was a member of the California Art Club, and exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He was posthumously awarded a Silver Medal at the 1915 Panama-California Exhibition in San Diego, California.
A number of Frank’s portraits of renowned musicians, vocalists and actors are in the New York Historical Society collection.
Reference: www.rogallery.com, gallery publication |
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