About Frank Craig

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    Frank Craig (1874 - 1918)

    Frank Craig could easily get lost in the host of "society" illustrators that cropped up at the turn of the century in the wake of Charles Dana Gibson. His work is virtually unknown outside of a small cadre of illustration

    Born in in England in 1874, he studied at the Lambeth School of Art* and the Royal Academy* Schools. In January of 1900 he was working in the American Scribner's magazine providing some of the illustrations for a biography of Oliver Cromwell.

    He worked on staff at The Graphic, an important British weekly news magazine, and submitted to the Royal Academy and the Paris salons. He had paintings purchased in b...

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