Frank McKelvey

Frank McKelvey (3 June 1895 – 30 June 1974) was an Irish painter from Belfast.

Early life and education Francis Baird McKelvey, also known as Frank McKelvey, was born 3 June 1895. He was born in Belfast at 31 Woodvale Road. His parents William and Mary McKelvey had six children, When he was 16 he became a lithographer apprentice to the firm, David Allen & Sons. being granted full membership in 1930. During his career McKelvey was considered on a par with Paul Henry and James Humbert Craig, two of the most successful Irish landscape painters of the time. He was elected as one of the first academicians of the Ulster Academy of Arts when it was founded in 1930. McKelvey died on 30 June 1974.