An American in Greenland: Turn-of-the-Century Arctic Visions by Frank Wilbert Stokes ...
Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955) was an academically trained American artist living and working during the turn of the twentieth century. He studied with Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and with Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he subsequently s...
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American University
2023
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.57912/23834961 https://aura.american.edu/articles/thesis/An_American_in_Greenland_Turn-of-the-Century_Arctic_Visions_by_Frank_Wilbert_Stokes/23834961 |
| Summary: | Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955) was an academically trained American artist living and working during the turn of the twentieth century. He studied with Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and with Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he subsequently stayed and exhibited for nearly ten years. However, he is perhaps best known for the work he did as an independent artist-member of two expeditions to Northern Greenland in 1892 and 1893-94 with famed explorer Robert Peary. Considering that scientific and political campaigns funded these expeditions to survey the Arctic regions and collect ethnographic material, Stokes’s artistic autonomy is significant. Indeed, while attending Peary’s expeditions, Stokes became one of the most prolific artists of the Arctic, producing images of the local Inuit as well as depictions of the vibrant landscape. This thesis serves as the first comprehensive art historical analysis of his Arctic production, which offers new perspectives ... |
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