Stokes, Frank Wilbert, 1858-1955
Variant namesArtist and explorer.
From the description of Frank Wilbert Stokes correspondence, 1929 June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064621
Frank W. Stokes (1858-1955) was a New York artist known for his paintings of the Polar Regions, which he called "icescapes." He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and spent five years in France from 1887-1892, studying in Paris. Upon returning to America, Stokes served as staff artist for three Robert Edwin Peary expeditions to Greenland and the Arctic Regions from 1892-1894. He also joined Otto Nordenskjold in a 1901 expedition to Antarctica.
From the description of Photographs of Artists in Their Studios Collection, circa 1885-1890. (Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection). WorldCat record id: 328465003
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| associatedWith | American Museum of Natural History. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936. | person |
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| associatedWith | Detroit Institute of Arts Research Library & Archives. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Fawcett, James Waldo, b. 1893. | person |
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Birth 1858-11-27
Death 1955
Americans
