Vintage Fine Art Acrylic Painting by Frank G. Packman (Born 1896) Cubist Abstract People Honorable Mention Scarab Club Detroit MI

Vintage Fine Art Acrylic Painting by Frank G. Packman (Born 1896) Cubist Abstract People Honorable Mention Scarab Club Detroit MI

This piece of art is from our large collection of vintage Detroit, Michigan artist. The piece was purchased from The Coach House Gallery that was owned by Nona Herzog in the West Village of Detroit. Original receipt is included.

Frank Packman was one of the early members of the Scarab Club, as documented by the early hand written membership ledgers stating that he was formally elected on April Fool's Day, 1924 and the recording his dues paid up through 1932. In 1941, Packman was appointed Chairman of both the Scarab Club Membership Committee and the Photographic Committee (see letter dated May 19, 1941 in individual membership file). He was raised to senior member status July 1962 (see letter dated December 15, 1935; see also letter dated April 8, 1949. Some of the original members: P. Honoré, S. Walton and F. Nixon.

In 1969 Packman received an honorable mention at the First Scarab Club Silver Medal exhibition for "Rockport Lobster". It was Frank Packman who fashioned the oak furniture in the Farnsworth Clubhouse lounge and dining room. Fellow Scarab Joseph Maniscalco painted Packman's portrait.

Packman came to the United States from England when he was about sixteen in 1912. He had been studying music at the Royal Academy in London, but changed his direction to go into the visual arts. He studied at the John Wicker School of Fine Arts in Detroit, and would later teach at the Meinzinger School, Detroit, Michigan. Not a modernist , his style is more inclined to realism and developed his own artist "rule of thumb: first - observe, second - analyze, third - paint ( see the article in ImpressarionJan./Feb. 1974 by Howard Montgomery : "Being an Artist is Simple," discussing Packman's rule of thumb.

This is a fabulous piece from a historic Detroit artist. Signed in red paint lower left corner: Frank Packman.

Previously framed.

Truly an amazing piece of fine art.

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