About Frank Lisle
Lived 1916 – 1986 (aged 69–70). Frank Lisle was a British painter, artist, art educator and art teacher.
Frank Lisle (1916–1986) was a British painter and art teacher, who numbered a young David Hockney among his pupils when he was Head of Art at Bradford College of Art. He became principal of Jacob Kramer College, Leeds in 1964 following the departure of Harry Thubron , in which capacity he served to 1977 .
Among Lisle's portrait sitters were another pupil, anarchist Donald Rooum and Alice Bacon, MP for North-East Leeds. His work is in collections including those of The Hepworth Wakefield, and Leeds City Council.
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Who was Frank Lisle?
British painter and art teacher (1916–1986)
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Frank Lisle was born in 1916.
When did Frank Lisle die?
Frank Lisle died in 1986.
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Frank Lisle was a painter, artist, art educator and art teacher.
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Frank Lisle was British.
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