Biografie von Frank William CUPRIEN (1871-1948)

Birth place: Brooklyn, NY

Death place: La Jolla, CA

Addresses: Laguna Beach, CA (from 1913)

Profession: Marine painter

Studied: ASL; CUASch; Carl Weber; Munich; Dresden; Leipzig; Italy; Paris.

Exhibited: Berliner Ausstellung (gold); Galveston, Tex., 1913 (med); San Diego Expo, 1915 (medal), 1916 (medal); Calif. State Fair, 1918 (medal), 1920 (prize); Phoenix (AZ) State Fair, 1916 (prize); LACMA, 1918 (solo); Laguna Beach AA, annuals, 1921 (prize); Witte Mem. Mus., 1929 (prize); Laguna Beach Mus., 1939-45; Pacific Southwest Expo, Long Beach (prize); S.Indp.A.

Member: Calif. AC; Laguna; Beach AA; Leipzig AA; Dallas AA; Denver AA; SSAL; New Haven PCC; Los Angeles PSC; AAPL.

Work: Bowers Mus., Santa Ana; del Vecchio Gal., Leipzig; Laguna Beach Mus. of Art; LACMA; Springville (Utah) Mus. of Art; Chamber of Commerce, Laguna Beach

Comments: Specialty: the ocean. Teaching: Baylor Univ., TX, five years after 1905.

Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists of California, 128; Peggy and Harold Samuels, 118.