"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... Read full biography
"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... Read full biography
"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.... Read full biography
"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 time, returned to Chicago. He... Read full biography
"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 time, returned to Chicago. He then spent about a year and a half in Boston and New York City, occupying himself principally in illustrating for... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (15)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 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
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
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
American Paintings (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Schwarz-Philadelphia
22 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 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