Painter, lithographer, etcher. Born in San Diego, CA April 13, 1893. Frandzen spent his childhood in San Diego. During the years 1911-17 he studied at the AIC. While serving in the Army during during... Read full biography
Painter, lithographer, etcher. Born in San Diego, CA April 13, 1893. Frandzen spent his childhood in San Diego. During the years 1911-17 he studied at the AIC. While serving in the Army during during the last months of WWI, he sketched in France. After the war he had a commercial art studio in NYC... Read full biography
Painter, lithographer, etcher. Born in San Diego, CA April 13, 1893. Frandzen spent his childhood in San Diego. During the years 1911-17 he studied at the AIC. While serving in the Army during during the last months of WWI, he sketched in France. After the war he had a commercial art studio in NYC where he did cover designs and illustrations for magazines and book publishers. During this time he studied at the ASL and Grand Central Art School under Dean Cornwell and Pruett Carter. While there,... Read full biography
Painter, lithographer, etcher. Born in San Diego, CA April 13, 1893. Frandzen spent his childhood in San Diego. During the years 1911-17 he studied at the AIC. While serving in the Army during during the last months of WWI, he sketched in France. After the war he had a commercial art studio in NYC where he did cover designs and illustrations for magazines and book publishers. During this time he studied at the ASL and Grand Central Art School under Dean Cornwell and Pruett Carter. While there, he painted many winter scenes of the Catskill Mountains and did drawings of NYC which he later used for his etchings and lithographs. Returning to California in 1937, he settled in Pasadena and began painting and sketching throughout southern... Read full biography
Painter, lithographer, etcher. Born in San Diego, CA April 13, 1893. Frandzen spent his childhood in San Diego. During the years 1911-17 he studied at the AIC. While serving in the Army during during the last months of WWI, he sketched in France. After the war he had a commercial art studio in NYC where he did cover designs and illustrations for magazines and book publishers. During this time he studied at the ASL and Grand Central Art School under Dean Cornwell and Pruett Carter. While there, he painted many winter scenes of the Catskill Mountains and did drawings of NYC which he later used for his etchings and lithographs. Returning to California in 1937, he settled in Pasadena and began painting and sketching throughout southern California. He was equally facile with gouache, watercolor, oil, and charcoal. He wrote several art books for the Walter Foster Company and taught... Read full biography
Eugene Frandzen - Artist Info
About Eugene Frandzen: Books
Books & Publications (8)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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