A prominent resident of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Frank Bicknell remains a bit of a mystery in that no photograph of him has been located, but he was a popular figure in the Colony. However, his... Read full biography
A prominent resident of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Frank Bicknell remains a bit of a mystery in that no photograph of him has been located, but he was a popular figure in the Colony. However, his accomplishments as an artist are not highly recognized. He was born in Augusta, Maine and studied art in... Read full biography
A prominent resident of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Frank Bicknell remains a bit of a mystery in that no photograph of him has been located, but he was a popular figure in the Colony. However, his accomplishments as an artist are not highly recognized. He was born in Augusta, Maine and studied art in Malden, Massachusetts with Albion Bicknell, likely a relative. At the age of 21 (1887), he exhibited at the National Academy of Design and then moved to New York City. By 1893, he was studying in Paris... Read full biography
A prominent resident of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Frank Bicknell remains a bit of a mystery in that no photograph of him has been located, but he was a popular figure in the Colony. However, his accomplishments as an artist are not highly recognized. He was born in Augusta, Maine and studied art in Malden, Massachusetts with Albion Bicknell, likely a relative. At the age of 21 (1887), he exhibited at the National Academy of Design and then moved to New York City. By 1893, he was studying in Paris at the Academie Julian with Robert Fleury and William Bouguereau. Bicknell traveled extensively, from 1894 he visited Bermuda; and from 1890-1903, he spent every spring in Paris and the French countryside (with the exception of 1895-96); he was in... Read full biography
A prominent resident of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Frank Bicknell remains a bit of a mystery in that no photograph of him has been located, but he was a popular figure in the Colony. However, his accomplishments as an artist are not highly recognized. He was born in Augusta, Maine and studied art in Malden, Massachusetts with Albion Bicknell, likely a relative. At the age of 21 (1887), he exhibited at the National Academy of Design and then moved to New York City. By 1893, he was studying in Paris at the Academie Julian with Robert Fleury and William Bouguereau. Bicknell traveled extensively, from 1894 he visited Bermuda; and from 1890-1903, he spent every spring in Paris and the French countryside (with the exception of 1895-96); he was in Auvers-sur-Oise and Barbizon, 1891; Japan, 1895; Eastern Mediterranean, 1900. In 1894, he was living at the Salmagundi... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (26)
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Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibition Records 1940-1951 and Water Color Exhibition Records 1900-1951
2009
Katlan, Alexander W.
623 pages
A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island's North Fork
2008
Fleming, Geoffrey K. and Sara Evans (Southold Historical Society)
250 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Side by Side on Monhegan: The Henri Circle and The American Impressionists (Exhibition catalog)
2004
60 pages (color)
Artists of the Litchfield Hills (Exhibition catalog)
2003
Austin, Robert Michael
132 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
A Noble Tradition American Painting from the National Arts Club
1995
Lowrey, Carol
1,995 pages
Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Carr, Carolyn K
408 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
1990
Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface
430 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Transformations 1885-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Preato, Robert R.; Dr. Sandra L. Langer
104 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Connecticut and American Impressionism (William Benton Museum of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Spencer, Harold; Susan Larkin, Jeffrey Andersen (Essays)
184 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
The Art Colony at Old Lyme 1900-3 (Exhibition catalog)
1966
Connecticut College for Women
67 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index