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Frank Woodberry Applebee
Born1902
Died1988
Alma materMassachusetts College of Art and Design
Occupation(s)Painter, educator

Frank W. Applebee (1902–1988) was an American painter and educator. He was a co-founder of the Dixie Art Colony and the head of the art department at Auburn University.

Early life[edit]

Frank Woodberry Applebee was born in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2] He studied art at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.[2]

Career[edit]

Applebee was a co-founder of the Dixie Art ColonyinAlabama in 1933.[3] By 1937, he was an instructor at the colony.[4]

Applebee was subsequently the head of the art department at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, later known as Auburn University.[1] He helped pick the permanent collection of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.[1] He became professor emeritus in 1969.[2]

Applebee was a regionalist painter.[2] He was elected as one of five vice presidents of the Alabama Art League in 1947.[5] Two years later, in 1949, he won a prize from the league at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts.[2]

Death[edit]

Applebee died in 1988.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "The Art of Frank Applebee". Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Auburn University. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  • ^ a b c d e f "Frank Woodberry Applebee: 1902 -1988". Dixie Art Colony Foundation. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  • ^ Davis, Anita Price; Emerson, Jimmy (2015). New Deal Art in Alabama: The Murals, Sculptures and Other Works, and Their Creators. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 143. ISBN 9780786498291. OCLC 900306745.
  • ^ Olson, Ted, ed. (2004). CrossRoads: A Southern Culture Annual. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. p. 110. ISBN 9780865548664. OCLC 55000679.
  • ^ "Mrs. Steagall Elected Art League President". The Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. June 15, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved November 29, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

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