![]() In 1990 a major survey of Mary Frank's work, written by Hayden Herrera, was published by Abrams, New York. In 2003, Experiences, a solo exhibition of Mary Frank’s paintings was organized by the Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond. In 2000, the Neuberger presented Encounters, a major traveling retrospective accompanied by a book by Linda Nochlin. Mary Frank has been the subject of numerous museum exhibitions, including a retrospective organized by the Neuberger Museum in Purchase, New York in 1978 an in-depth look at her Persephone Series at the Brooklyn Museum in 1988 and Natural Histories, organized by the DeCordova Museum in 1988 which traveled to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Everson Museum of Art. Her recurring imagery act as an alphabet, combined in order to evoke feelings of grief, love, sorrow, ecstasy, mourning and exultation. Frank's process begins with some form of abstraction from which she teases out what she describes as a pre-existing time and atmosphere where events can take place. Without allegiance to any particular way of working or medium, Frank is fueled by her ever present urge for direct and honest expression. ![]() Frank works across disciplines as a sculptor, painter, photographer and gifted ceramic artist. ![]() In the early 1950s she studied with Hans Hoffman and Max Beckmann. ![]() Born in London, England, in 1933 Mary Frank moved to the United States with her family in 1940. ![]()
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