biography of FRANK-BOGGS (1855-1926)

Birth place: Springfield, OH

Addresses: Meudon, France

Profession: Painter

Studied: …cole des Beaux-Arts, Gérôme, in Paris.

Exhibited: Brooklyn AA, 1875, 1877-80, 1884, 1891-92; NAD, 1879-90; Paris Salon, 1880-90, 1893-99; PAFA, 1880, 1883, 1916; Exhib., NY, 1885 (prize); AIC, 1888, 1897, 1908; Paris Expo., 1889 (medal) .

Work: BMFA; MMA; Luxembourg Mus., Paris; Mus. Niort

Comments: An expatriate Impressionist painter who became popular in Paris, especially known for his views of the Seine. The French list him as "Frank-Boggs," and his son, born in France, is referred to as "Frank-Will."

Sources: WW17; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 322.