Frank C. Penfold (1849-1921)

In 1877, Lockport native Frank Crawford Penfold went to Paris with Burr Halliday Nicholls and studied at the atelier of Carolus-Duran and, later, at the Académie Julian. Both Penfold and Nicholls were active in an artists’ colony at Pont-Aven in the Brittany region of France, making it an enclave for American artists and tourists that is still promoted today. Penfold taught and painted in Pont-Aven as well as in Buffalo, returning occasionally and exhibiting both in Europe and the U.S. He was a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists and was elected president in 1896. An extensive chronology by Mark Strong is posted at https://www.meibohmfinearts.com/artists/details/55.

This painting was exhibited in From the Wealth of Transport: Raphael Beck, Frank Penfold and Burr Nicholls, presented at the Burchfield Penney Art Center from July 12 through September 29, 2019.