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Frank Kent

Frank Ward Kent (1912 - 1977) was active/lived in California.  Frank Kent is known for Landscape, figure-Indian.

Frank Ward Kent
A note from AskART, courtesy of Kent's daughter Sharon Kent Gates:

To correct conflicting information in art reference literature, my father was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and died in Sacramento, California. The family is also not aware of an uncle near Driggs, Idaho.
The following is from an unpublished biographical "Profile" of Frank Kent. (See ref. below).


Frank W. Kent spent his early life between his birthplace in Salt Lake City, UT and in Idaho.  Riding and working mostly during the summers on the west side of the Teton Mountains, he became well acquainted with the ways of the Shoshone and Blackfoot Indians before he was 18 years old. Later, this experience aided in paying the bills while he was illustrating for Wild West magazine in NY.  His summers often found him back in the West where his sketchbooks with the subjects he knew so well were later used for his paintings.

Mr. Kent studied at the Chicago Art Instit   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2762 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

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Facts about Frank Kent

   Publications  Book References:  5
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5 Book References for Frank Kent
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
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