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1890 Plano, Texas - 1952 Dallas, Texas. Known for: Landscape, portrait, still life and animal painting, teaching.
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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Keywords (51)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Oriental Influence
- •Orientalism, Orientalist
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •China
- •Europe
- •France After 1900
- •Japan
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Artists Professional League
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Arkansas Art Association
- •Dallas Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association
- •Southern States Art League
- •Texas Fine Arts Association
Art Teacher
- •George Inness
- •Harry B. Lachman
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
- •Southwestern School of Fine Arts, Texas, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
- •Bill and Mary Cheek Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Annual Texas Artists Exhibition
- •Edgar B Davis Competition, Texas
- •Southern States Art League Annual
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Allied Artists of America
- •Dallas Art Association-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago