biography of Frank J. MACKENZIE (1867-1939)

Birth place: London, England

Death place: San Fran., CA

Addresses: Wash., DC/Mayo, MD; San Fran., CA, 1938

Profession: Mural painter, diorama expert

Studied: Royal Academy, London; Académie Julian, Paris

Exhibited: Sesquicentennial Expo.; Chicago Expo. Awards: Turner Gold Medal and traveling fellowship, Royal Academy; Gr. Wash. Indp. Exh., 1935 (first prize)

Member: Wash. AC; AMNH.

Work: habitat groups, AMNH; Los Angeles Mus. Hist. Sc.&A.; Nat. Hist. Mus., Springfield, Mass.; NJ State Mus., Trenton; paintings and dioramas, U.S. Gov.

Comments: After spending several years in South Africa, he came to the U.S. in 1904 to design an exhibit for the St. Louis World's Fair. He was married to artist Florence Bryant MacKenzie.

Sources: WW38; McMahan, Artists of Washington, D.C.