Frank Fowler (July 12, 1852 – August 18, 1910) was an American figure and portrait painter.
Biography
Frank Fowler was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 12, 1852. He was educated at Adelphi Academy.
He studied painting in Europe, at Florence, Italy for two years under Edwin White, for seven years under Carolus-Duran in Paris, and under Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts.
Fowler assisted Duran on the fresco of Marie de Médicis in the Luxembourg Palace. On his return to New York in 1879 he devoted himself for a time to mural painting, his most important work being the decoration of the ballroom at the Waldorf Hotel (1892) (The building exists no more, having been destroyed to provide a place where the Empire State Building could be erected). Later he painted chiefly portraits, including a number of public men. Some of his portraits have been kept at Albany, New York and elsewhere.
