Franklin Brooke Voss (1880–1953) was an American painter.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

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Franklin Brooke Voss was born in New York City in 1880.[4] He attended the Art Students League of New York, where George Bridgman was his teacher.[4]

He was commissioned paintings by the Whitneys, Riddles, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Wideners, and Willis Sharpe Kilmer.[1][2] He painted Man o' War, Equipoise, Seabiscuit, War Admiral, Sir Barton and Whirlaway.[1] Some of his work can be found at the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida.[5]

Bibliography

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  • Peter Winants, The Sporting Art of Franklin B. Voss (Eclipse Press, 2005)

References

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  1. ^ a b c National Museum of Racing exhibit
  2. ^ a b Christie's
  3. ^ "The British Sporting Art Trust". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  4. ^ a b c Chisholm Gallery
  5. ^ Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame website, Introduction