Frank Fowler

Frank Fowler (July 12, 1852 – August 18, 1910) was an American figure and portrait painter.

Biography Fowler was born on July 12, 1852, in Brooklyn. He was educated at Adelphi Academy.

Fowler studied painting in Europe, at Florence, Italy for two years under Edwin White, for seven years under Carolus-Duran in Paris, and under Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts.

Fowler assisted Duran on the fresco of Marie de Médicis in the Luxembourg Palace. He built a large studio on the back of that house, where he painted. The same studio was later owned by Michael Lenson, a well known New Jersey painter who was director of the mural division of the New Jersey WPA in the 1930s. Earlier, the same home was owned by Frederick Dana Marsh, the illustrator. The house was the childhood home of Reginald Marsh, the distinguished American painter. In 1892, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1900.

Fowler wrote upon art topics for the magazines and several textbooks: Oil Painting (1885), Portrait and Figure Painting (1901) and Drawing In Charcoal And Crayon (1899).