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In 1946 hewonFirstPrizeattheCarnegieInstituteandin 1950 oneofhis
picturesreceivedapurchaseprizeattheUniversityofIllinois.Recentlytwoofhis
paintingshavebeenpurchasedbytheNationalMuseumsofFrance,oneofthem
beinghisLazarusResurrected,whichwasintheUniversityofIllinoisExhibitionof
ContemporaryAmericanPaintingin1949.Hisworkformspartofthepermanent
collectionsof the Universityof Pittsburgh,Hundred FriendsofArt, ShellOil
Company,LatrobeArtFund,UniversityofIllinois,municipalmuseumofAmsterdam,
andthenationalmuseumsofFrance.HelivesinNewYorkCitv.FRANKS,Seymour,Vibration,66'/2x29'/2. Illustration—Plate 45
C^oncerningVibrationSeymourFrankssays,"Inthemakingofthispainting,as
inallmyothers,Ifoundformalelementsthathavetheirownvitality,theirownre-
quirementsandcorrespondedtomyfeelingsatthattime.Theuseofthetwotensesis
apurposefulone,anattempttodescribetwodistinctprocesses—thepaintingofa
pictureatapasttime,andtheactivitywithinapicturewhichisalwaysinthepresent."
HewasborninNewYorkCityin 1916 andstudiedattheNationalAcademyof
Designin 1937 and1938.One-manshowsbeganin1941.Oflate,Franks'sworkhas
beenshownintheexhibitionsoftheWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArtinNewYork,
PennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts(1944),ArtInstituteofChicago(1947),and
elsewhere.TeachingexperienceincludesworkfortheBrooklynNeighborhoodHouses
andprivatestudents.HelivesinNewYorkCity.
FRANSIOLI,Thomas,Jr.,St.Andrew'sChurch,Roanoke,22x30.
Illustration—Plate 63
"InpaintingSt.Andrew'sChurch,Roanoke,Ihopedtocapturethemoodand
feelingofthehoursbetweenmidnightanddawnwhen,it.seems,thewholeworldis
asleep,andbuildingsandplacesknownbydaytakeonaquitedifferentsignificance.
Themoon,whichorshouldIsay'who'forsomanythousandsofyearshadsuchan
emotionalsignificancetopeople,hasnotyetbeencompletelyexplainedaway,and
thechurch,thepresenceofGod,isnevermoreapparentthanwhenpeoplehavegiven
overtheirconsciouswakinglivestosleep.ThescenethatIhavepaintedexists,
physically,verymuchasIhaveputitdown.Thechurch,asymbolofourbeliefin
apowergreaterthanourselves,theclusteredhouses,showingourneedforourfellow
man,thelonelymountainsandthemoon.Inoneformoranotherthesesameelements
haveexistedthroughouttheworld,andformanycenturies.Iwasinterestedinfinding
themsocompleteandentireinRoanoke,andsoIpaintedthem."
Fransioliwasbornin.Seattle,Washington,in1906.Upongraduationfromthe
UniversityofPennsylvaniahepracticedarchitectureforovertenyears.Forabout
sixmonthshestudiedattheArtStudentsLeagueofNewYork.Followingdischarge
fromtheArmyin 1946 hetookuppaintingseriously.
PrizesandawardsincludefirstpurchaseprizeattheBostonSocietyofInde-
pendentArtistsshowsin 1948 and 1949 andapopularprizeattheInstituteofCon-
temporaryArt inBostonin1949. Hisworkhasappearedrecentlyinnational
exhibitionsandisrepresentedinthepermanentcollectionsoftheMuseumofFine
ArtsinBoston;CurrierGalleryofArt,Manchester,NewHampshire;andtheFarns-
worthArtMuseuminRockland,Maine,aswellasinprivatecollections.Helivesin
Cambridge,Massachusetts.