biography of Frank Leonard ALLEN (1884-1966)

Birth place: Portland, ME

Addresses: Needham, MA, 1947; Rockport, MA, as of 1959

Profession: Educator, painter, graphic artist, writer, lecturer

Studied: Mass. Sch. A.; BMFA Sch., with Denman W. Ross; Tarbell; Major; Henry B. Snell; Richard Andrew; Harvard Univ.

Exhibited: AIC, 1925, 1932; S.Indp.A.

Member: SC; AWCS; EAA

Work: Cranbrook Mus., Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Carl Milles Mus., Stockholm.

Comments: Positions: instr. FA, PIA Sch., 1912-30; Cranbrook Acad. A., 1930-32; hd., des. dept., Mass. Sch. A., Boston, 1934-1954; dir., Boothbay Studios, Summer Sch. A.; Hd., Allen Art School, Rockport, 1954-.

Sources: WW59; WW47.