Frank Calvert (1876–1920) was a ''

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'' newspaper artist and cartoonist, and member of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club. In 1911, he edited a book for the club, ''The cartoon; a reference book of Seattle's successful men'', which included biographies, photos and caricatures of men the club considered influential in Seattle. He was also a co-founder (along with Alfred T. Renfro, writer and photographer) of the Beaux Arts Village in

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. The two men wanted to create a community of artists. They bought 50 acres of land on the shore of Lake Washington, with the intent of establishing an artists' colony. They set aside 10 acres to be used for art studios for woodworking, sculpture, and photography and the rest was to be half-acre parcels for artist homes. The two men also set up the Beaux Arts Workshop in Seattle. left, Caricature of Frank Calvert as a pirate. Members of the Seattle Artists club drew themselves in this manner, alongside the serious and famous men they were portraying.

Works

''The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men'', Frank Calvert (ed.), Metropolitan Press, Seattle, 1911.''Homes and Gardens of the Pacific Coast, Volume 1, Seattle''
Frank Calvert (editor) and T. Ross Ditty (associate editor), Beaux Arts Society Publishers, Beaux Arts Village, Washington, 1913
''Homes and Gardens of the Pacific Coast, Volume 2, Los Angeles''
Frank Calvert (editor) and T. Ross Ditty (associate editor), Beaux Arts Society Publishers, Beaux Arts Village, Washington, 1913 (First page only)
''12th Session of the Washington State Legislature'' by Alfred T. Renfro, with illustrations by W. C. McNulty (Von-A), W. C. Morris, and Frank Calvert.
*''Songs o' the Sound'' by

Alice Harriman Mary Alice Harriman (March 12, 1861 – December 24, 1925) was a poet, author (of poetry, novels, short stories and non-fiction) and publisher. She was called the "only woman publisher in the world" in the 1911 ''Who's Who in the Northwest''. S ...

with illustrations by Frank Calvert, The Stuff Printing Concern, Seattle, 1906.

References

1876 births 1920 deaths American editorial cartoonists American caricaturists 19th-century American illustrators 20th-century American illustrators Artists from Seattle Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington (state) People from King County, Washington {{US-illustrator-stub