Frank Earl Klepper was born on May 3, 1890, in Plano, Texas, growing up in McKinney, Texas. An artist of many parts, Klepper was a well-known, influential teacher as well as a painter of portraits,... Read full biography
Frank Earl Klepper was born on May 3, 1890, in Plano, Texas, growing up in McKinney, Texas. An artist of many parts, Klepper was a well-known, influential teacher as well as a painter of portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and animals. He was also a ceramist, graphic artist and muralist. Though he... Read full biography
Frank Earl Klepper was born on May 3, 1890, in Plano, Texas, growing up in McKinney, Texas. An artist of many parts, Klepper was a well-known, influential teacher as well as a painter of portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and animals. He was also a ceramist, graphic artist and muralist. Though he remained best known as a landscape painter, Klepper, over his career, moved from an impressionistic landscape style to a concentration on the so-called "Deep South" pictures, to experiments with... Read full biography
Frank Earl Klepper was born on May 3, 1890, in Plano, Texas, growing up in McKinney, Texas. An artist of many parts, Klepper was a well-known, influential teacher as well as a painter of portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and animals. He was also a ceramist, graphic artist and muralist. Though he remained best known as a landscape painter, Klepper, over his career, moved from an impressionistic landscape style to a concentration on the so-called "Deep South" pictures, to experiments with symbolic painting. Klepper's work has been described by American artist Richard Miller"His wide range of subjects is remarkable, and his frankness and novelty of observation creates interest in all of his work. The poetry of light, direct or reflected, is... Read full biography
Frank Earl Klepper was born on May 3, 1890, in Plano, Texas, growing up in McKinney, Texas. An artist of many parts, Klepper was a well-known, influential teacher as well as a painter of portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and animals. He was also a ceramist, graphic artist and muralist. Though he remained best known as a landscape painter, Klepper, over his career, moved from an impressionistic landscape style to a concentration on the so-called "Deep South" pictures, to experiments with symbolic painting. Klepper's work has been described by American artist Richard Miller"His wide range of subjects is remarkable, and his frankness and novelty of observation creates interest in all of his work. The poetry of light, direct or reflected, is one of the finest things of his art." . As a teenager, Klepper had to leave school to work in a grocery store to help support his family. On his... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
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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
The Eyes of Texas: The Bill and Mary Cheek Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Grauer, Michael R and E. Harvey
44 pages (color)
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942
2000
Powers, John & Deborah; Ron Tyler, Foreward
606 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945
1999
Grauer, Paula and Michael R.
240 pages (color)
Texas Art and a Wildcatter's Dream
1998
Reaves, William E Jr
92 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1953
1953
Gilbert, Dorothy B.
557 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1947
1947
Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)
685 pages
Catalogue: Annual Exhibition John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (By Contributors to the Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1940
Klug, William L (Introductory Essay)
64 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index