Frank Larson The Monet of the North A Painter for all Seasons

Landscapes by Frank Larson

ARTIST'S HISTORY
Once a successful corporate graphic designer, Mr. Larson got in touch with his talent for painting the landscape after a three-week session at Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont. Under the suggestion of his instructor, Gretna Campbell, he went outside to paint; the spark was ignited, and Mr. Larson soon abandoned his career and headed north to Vermont. He now paints year round out of doors, full-time. Mr. Larson exhibits throughout New England and internationally and his limited edition prints are represented by Scandecor International of Uppsala, Sweden. Mr. Larson is featured at Robert Paul Gallery.
EDUCATION
1959-1961 1955-1959	MFA, YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT BFA, PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
1986-1992 1983-1985 1982-1983 1979-1980	THE VERMONT STUDIO SCHOOL, Johnson, VT - Studied with Gretna Campbell, Jim Gehagen, David Rohn & Richard Sheehan THE MUSEUM SCHOOL, Boston, MA - Studied with Gerry Bergstein MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, Boston MA - Studied with John Thorton TULANE UNIVERSITY, Studio Painting, New Orleans, LA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1986 - Present 1981-1986 1978-1981 1968-1978 1966-1968 1962-1965 1961-1962	Landscape Painter Director, GILLETTE COMPANY, Boston, MA Design Specialist, WALLE CORPORATION, New Orleans, LA Design Manager, GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION, White Plains, NY Graphic Designer, INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, New York, NY Associate Designer, RAYMOND LOWEY ASSOCIATES, New York, NY Staff Designer, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS: (highlights)
Best in Show For Arts Sake The Helen Day Arts Center Stowe, VT - 1998 3 Man Show Chrysalis Gallery Southhampton, NY - 1998 Group Show 1999 Furchgott-Soundiff Gallery Shelburn, VT Robert Paul Galleries, One Man Show, Burlington VT - 1995-1999 Paintings selected for the Allegro edition of fine prints Scandecor International, Uppsala, Sweden Vermont Selections, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT - 1994 St. Michael's College, McCarthy Arts Center, One Man Show Winooski, VT - 1994 Exhibition - Fire House Gallery, Church Street Center, Burlington, VT November 1993 Solo Exhibition Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH October 1993 - April 1994 "Best in Show" For Arts Sake Exhibition, Helen Day Arts Center, Stowe, VT - 1993 Cavanagh-Kowalsky "Celebration Award" 32nd Annual Members Exhibition, Chaffee Arts Center, Rutland VT - 1993 Featured Vermont Artist WCFE (Public Television) Auction 57, Plattsburgh, NY - 1993-1994	"First Prize - Best in Oils," For Art's Sake, The Helen Day Arts Center, Stowe, VT - 1991 Art in the Round Barn, Annual Green Mountain Art Exhibition, Cultural Center, Waitsfield, VT 1990-1995 Envisioned in a Pastoral Setting, Art Exhibition, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT - 1993 Gallery 410, Invitational Solo Show, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, - 1992 Governor's Office Invitational Solo Show, Montpelier, VT - 1992 40th Art of the Northeast USA Competition and Exhibition, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT - 1990 Passepartout Gallery, "Water Series," Solo Show, Winooski VT - 1989 Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton Mountain, VT 1989-1995 T. W. Wood Gallery, Group Show, "Landscape, Cityscape, Mindscape," Vermont College of Arts Center, Montpelier VT - 1989 Trinity College, Invitational Solo Show, Burlington, VT - 1989 American Artist Magazine, Feature Article, February 1992 "Best in Show-First Prize-Oils," 30th Annual Members Exhibition Chaffee Arts Center, Rutland, VT -1991 "Annual Exhibition Robert Paul Gallery" 394 Mountain Road PO Box 1413 Stowe, Vt 05672 1990 - 2003
"Larson's landscapes rush across the canvas in great paint laden brush strokes--as ravishing to the eye as Puccini is to the ear. The artist separates color into its component parts, much the way a prism turns ordinary light into a rainbow and boldly heightens reality." Burlington Free Press

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