Frank (Francis) Crawford Penfold (American, 1849-1921) artist, teacher, lecturer, known for marine/seascape, genre, landscape, and portrait paintings, especially of the Brittany region of France. Penfold came from a family of artists, the son of the portrait painter, William Penfold (English born-American, 1827-1875), who was active in Lockport and Buffalo, New York and his mother, Maria Chubbuck (née Chapman) Penfold (1828-1919) married September 19, 1847, was also an accomplished artist.

He had six younger siblings to include, brothers, John Penfold (1850- ), William Chapman Penfold (1853-1928) who became a fresco artist in Erie, PA, Charles Chubbuck Penfold (1854-1911) who designed engraved and manufactured...