Born in New York City, Franklin Watkins, known as "Watty," spent his boyhood in Philadelphia and took his art training at the Pennsylvania Academy. However, his studies were interrupted due to financial difficulties and World War I. He enlisted as a Navy camouflager with his life-long friend, Arthur B Carles.
He then spent five years as a commercial artist and in 1923, traveled to Europe on a Cresson Scholarship. He spent time in France, Spain, and Italy, and his study of the Old Masters (showing 500 of 1441 characters). |
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