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1892 St. Paul, Nebraska - 1967 Denver, Colorado. Known for: Mountain landscape, portrait, still-life.
The following, submitted February 2004, is from Sherry Betterton Walker (now Sherry Betterton Carrell in 2024), grand daughter of the artist. Her source is her mother, Eloise Vavra Betterton,... Read full biography
The following, submitted February 2004, is from Sherry Betterton Walker (now Sherry Betterton Carrell in 2024), grand daughter of the artist. Her source is her mother, Eloise Vavra Betterton, daughter of the artist, and records of the Denver Public Library Art and Music Department. Frank J Vavra... Read full biography
The following, submitted February 2004, is from Sherry Betterton Walker (now Sherry Betterton Carrell in 2024), grand daughter of the artist. Her source is her mother, Eloise Vavra Betterton, daughter of the artist, and records of the Denver Public Library Art and Music Department. Frank J Vavra was born March 19, 1892, in St. Paul, Nebraska. When he was about seven years of age, his parents moved to Wyoming and settled there permanently. Frank, the oldest of three boys and two girls, spent his... Read full biography
The following, submitted February 2004, is from Sherry Betterton Walker (now Sherry Betterton Carrell in 2024), grand daughter of the artist. Her source is her mother, Eloise Vavra Betterton, daughter of the artist, and records of the Denver Public Library Art and Music Department. Frank J Vavra was born March 19, 1892, in St. Paul, Nebraska. When he was about seven years of age, his parents moved to Wyoming and settled there permanently. Frank, the oldest of three boys and two girls, spent his childhood and adolescent days in the vigorous and somewhat boisterous atmosphere of Cheyenne,Wyoming. The impressions he was to carry away from that pioneer town, Wyoming's crossroads center since the earliest Indian days, were often colorful... Read full biography
The following, submitted February 2004, is from Sherry Betterton Walker (now Sherry Betterton Carrell in 2024), grand daughter of the artist. Her source is her mother, Eloise Vavra Betterton, daughter of the artist, and records of the Denver Public Library Art and Music Department. Frank J Vavra was born March 19, 1892, in St. Paul, Nebraska. When he was about seven years of age, his parents moved to Wyoming and settled there permanently. Frank, the oldest of three boys and two girls, spent his childhood and adolescent days in the vigorous and somewhat boisterous atmosphere of Cheyenne,Wyoming. The impressions he was to carry away from that pioneer town, Wyoming's crossroads center since the earliest Indian days, were often colorful material for his paintings. From the beginning, Franks' parents were pleased with his interest in painting. They both came fr... Read full biography
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About Frank Vavra: Keywords
Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
Art Association
- •Fifteen Colorado Artists
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing