"Frank Russell Green, one of the youngest and most prominent artists in Chicago, was born in this city on April 16, 1856. He is the son of Russell and Caroline Green, his father coming to Chicago in 1836 and engaging in the lumber business. Mr. Green showed early an artistic propensity, his pencil coming as naturally to his hand as a top or knife to the fingers of an average boy.

In 1873 he commenced to use his brush, going to the Rocky Mountains, with Henry A. Elkins, during the same year. There he imbibed the beauties and grandeurs of the superb landscapes of that region, and transferred his vivid impressions to canvas in several works of merit. In 1880 he went abroad and, after studying in Paris a short ti...