Frank Lynn Jenkins (14 April 1870 – 1 September 1927) was a British sculptor.

Biography

Frank Lynn Jenkins was born in

Torquay Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignt ...

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, the son of Henry Tozer Jenkins, a stonemason and marble merchant. He received his initial training in his father's workshop. He then studied at Western College in

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, at the South London Technical School of Art in

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and, from 1893, at the

Royal Academy Schools The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

in London, where he was taught by

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and

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, among others. In London he developed a close working relationship with the painter

Gerald Moira Gerald Edward Moira (26 January 1867 – 2 August 1959) was an English painter who became best known for his murals. Gerald Moira was born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat who became a miniature painter. He first exhibited at ...

. Together they created decorative plaster reliefs for various public buildings, including the Trocadero Restaurant in London, the Passmore Edwards Library in

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and the Hotel Metropole in

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal res ...

. Frank Lynn Jenkins was a member of several artists' organisations, including the

Art Workers Guild The Art Workers' Guild is an organisation established in 1884 by a group of British painters, sculptors, architects, and designers associated with the ideas of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. The guild promoted the 'unity of al ...

(from 1900) and the

Royal Society of British Sculptors The Royal Society of Sculptors (RSS) is a British charity established in 1905, which promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road in South Kensington, Lo ...

, of which he was twice president. He married Phoebe Harriet Le Févre in 1901. In 1916 he moved to New York, where he lived until his death in 1927.

References

* Susan Beattie: ''The New Sculpture''. Yale University Press, New Haven 1983. * A. L. Baldry: ''Modern Mural Decoration''. George Newnes, London 1902. * M. H. Spielmann: ''British Sculpture and Sculptors of Today''. Cassell & Co., London 1901. * Philip Ward-Jackson: ''Public Sculpture of the City of London''. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool 2003. * Martin C. Jenkins: ''Out of His Time? A critical study of the practice of Frank Lynn-Jenkins, sculptor (1870–1927) at the turn of the century''. Unveröffentlichte MA-Arbeit, Bradford School of Art, 2009. * Martin C. Jenkins: ''Expanded Horizons: an account of the interrelated achievements in the fields of architecture, sculpture and decorative arts of members of the family of the Torquay marble mason Henry Tozer Jenkins''. ''Torquay Museum Society Transactions and Proceedings'' 36.1 (2010–11).

External links

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Frank Lynn Jenkins auf Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951
1870 births 1927 deaths British sculptors Artists from Torquay {{UK-sculptor-stub