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Dr. Albert Schweitzer at Work, Kept Company by His Ants
1958 · Ink on paper
12 1/2 x 19 1/4" (32 x 48.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Frederick Franck
Artist
PaintingExpressionismFiguration
Representation
None documented
3
Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
5
Assets Indexed
0
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Publications Referenced
80%
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Movements
- • Expressionism
- • Figuration
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Artists and Writers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Portraits from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
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Drawings, Watercolors, Collages: New Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
About
Why this artist matters now
Frederick Franck was an American painter, sculptor, and draughtsman whose practice bridged abstraction and figuration across seven decades of postwar art-making. Working primarily in oil, watercolor, and bronze, he developed a gestural approach to form that emphasized the act of perception itself. Based in New York, Franck maintained a consistent commitment to drawing as a primary discipline, treating each work as an investigation of presence rather than representation. His sculptures and paintings occupied a space between modernist reduction and expressionist urgency.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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