Frank
Carson (1881-1968 )
Born
in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1881, Frank Carson had a diverse
artistic career as a painter, writer, teacher and critic, working
on the New England coast as well as in Bermuda. He received his
training at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, the Fenway Art
School, the Art Students League in New York City, and the Boothbay
Art Colony in Maine.
Carson was a member of various art organizations such as the Copley
Society in Boston, the Providence Watercolor Club, the Provincetown
Art Association, and the Boston Art Club. During his career, Carson
exhibited his work extensively throughout the country, including
several solo shows. Highlights of these exhibitions include the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (1919-1931), the Berkley League
of Fine Art in Massachusetts (1924), the Boston Art Club where
he won a prize in 1924, the Buffalo Fine Art Academy, the Newport
Art Association, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Provincetown
Art Association, the Gloucester Society of Artists, the Boston
Society of Independent Artists, the Toledo Museum of Art, the
Providence Art Club, the Providence Watercolor Club, the Boston
Museum of Fine Art, a solo show at the Washington Art Club, a
solo show at the University of Washington, the Copley Society,
and the Brooklyn Museum.
Carson’s works are in the collections of various museums,
galleries, and private collections including the Berkeley League
of Fine Art, Vanderpoel College, the Manchester Historic Association,
and the Boston Art Club.