Frank Willis

Watching for Prey , airship SST 1914–1918, by Frank Willis, in the Science Museum

View into the Orthodox Church of Bethlehem , Frank Willis, Düsseldorf, around 1895

Frank Willis (born November 15, 1865 in Windsor , † August 4, 1932 there ) was a British etcher .

Life

Willis was the student and son-in-law of the engraver Charles William Sharpe (1818–1899). From 1891 to 1895 Willis studied under Carl Ernst Forberg at the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

literature

Willis, Frank . In: Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators , Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, Volume 1, p. 591

Web links

Commons : Frank Willis - collection of images, videos and audio files

Frank Willis , data sheet in the npg.org.uk portal( National Portrait Gallery, London )

Individual evidence

↑ Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 442
^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016), PDF

personal data
SURNAME	Willis, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British eraser
DATE OF BIRTH	November 15, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH	Windsor (Berkshire)
DATE OF DEATH	4th August 1932
Place of death	Windsor (Berkshire)

[1] Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 442

[2] Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016), PDF