'Hannah Frank - a Glasgow Artist'

Many of Hannah Frank's original drawings, prints and sculpture, some seen for the first time, and also never-before seen sketches and family portraits, were on show at Lancaster City Museum and Art Gallery, Market Street, Lancaster, from 25th April to 5th June 2004. Cards and prints were on sale.

The Lancaster exhibition closed on 5th June 2004, after a successful 6 week run.

The exhibition has now been touring the UK over the next five years and is due to finish in Glasgow in 2008, the year of Hannah Frank's centenary.

Dates for current and forthcoming exhibitions are here.

see Movie of Lancaster Exhibition (2.5M) (Quicktime)

Past Exhibitions and Talks

2008

MANHATTAN,  NEW YORK, USA
7 Jan to 4 Mar

Hannah Frank drawings and sculpture were on show at the Armand Gold wing, Hebrew Tabernacle, 551
Fort Washington Ave, New York, N.Y. 10033  Tel. 212-568-8304.

DONCASTER, UK
3rd May- 29th June 2008

A full Hannah Frank exhibition (drawings, sculptures, early family sketches, and personal diaries and albums) was on show at Doncaster Art Gallery, Chequer Rd, Doncaster, DN1 2AE - 01302 734293 .

2007

BOSTON, Mass, USA
19 Jan – 6 April

Location: Kniznick Gallery, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Boston, Mass, USA. PHILADELPHIA, USA

'Hannah Frank, A Jewish Artist of Glasgow' - an exhibition of drawings and sculpture, with an accompanying DVD by Sarah Thomas, and events including a lecture by the artist's niece Fiona Frank, and an open art workshop

Connecticut: Isabella Freedman Retreat Center 

Hannah Frank drawings and sculpture were on show April 2007

PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA 

Hannah Frank, A Glasgow Artist

Hannah Frank drawings and sculpture were on show at Freeman's Auction House,  1808 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Sun 28 October to Sun 4 November, 10 am - 4.30 pm.  The exhibition coincided with the show of Freeman's November 4th auction of Modern and Contemporary Art.  

LONDON

October – December 2006 London Jewish Cultural Centre, Ivy House, North End Road, London NW11 7HU Tel 020 8457 5000 Web www.ljcc.org.uk A full exhibition of Hannah Frank original drawings, family sketches, and sculptures, was on show at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.

MIDDLESEX

May-July 2006 Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue, Oaklands Gate, Green Lane, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 3AA Tel 01923 822592 Web http://www.npls.eclipse.co.uk Hannah Frank prints, original drawings, and sculpture were on show at the beautiful Etz Chayim gallery at this lovely synagogue location. This exhibition was a tribute to the foresight and hard work of Frances Sacker, curator of the exhibition, who sadly passed away in the week that the exhibition started – but had been directing developments from her hospital bed.

GLASGOW

28 Jan to 11 Feb 2006 Royal Glasgow Institute, Kelly Gallery, 118 Douglas St, Glasgow A full Hannah Frank retrospective was on show at the RGI, 20 years after her last exhibition held there to mark her 80th birthday!  Included the first Scottish  showing of early family sketches and self portraits.  Also included a programme of lunchtime talks and events: Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Jewish Artist – a journey through her life and work, and a chance to see some of her personal scrapbooks and diaries, by her niece, Fiona Frank. Hannah Frank, a University woman of her time? An exploration of Glasgow University in the 1920s and 30s. Lesley Richmond, Director of Archive Services & Senior Research Fellow, Glasgow University. Lunchtime Sketching Workshop; with Ann Marie Foster, M.A. – Investigating the work of Hannah Frank, and making a personal response through expressive drawing. Women at the Glasgow School of Art – The Early Years, 1880 to 1930. Peter Trowles, Taffner Curator, Mackintosh Collection, Glasgow School of Art. This exhibition was rated ‘Number One Thing To Do’ by ‘The List’ Glasgow and Edinburgh’s premier What’s On guide. (Issue 540, Jan 19 to Feb 2, 2006.)

INVERNESS

November/December 2005 Riverside Gallery, Inverness Tel 01463 224781 W http://www.riverside-gallery.co.uk A set of drawings, prints and sculpture was on show at the Riverside Gallery in the lovely highland town of Inverness in the far north of Scotland.  An excellent review of this exhibition was written by a lovely journalist Georgina Coburn: see http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-hianewld8.RefLocID-hiacg5005001.Lang-EN.htm

LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE

Friday 10 June 2004 12.35-1.15 p.m. Storey Institute, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Artist: lllustrated talk by Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece Part of Lancaster University’s Lunchtime Lecture series organised by the Department of Continuing Education For information telephone the Department of Continuing Education: 01524 592623/4

GLASGOW

April to July  2005 Garnethill Synagogue, Hill St, Glasgow (just next to the Glasgow School of Art) A set of framed Hannah Frank prints was on show at Garnethill Synagogue, Hill St, Glasgow (just next to the Glasgow School of Art). Garnethill Synagogue, a beautiful Romanesque building built in 1879 and designed by John McLeod, is the home of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, publishers of the new Hannah Frank art book.

Tuesday 17 May 2005 7.30 p.m. Newlands South Church Hall, Riverside Rd., Newlands, Glasgow G43 2EG (Corner of Langside Dr and Riverside Rd) Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Artist: illustrated talk by Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece for theWest of Scotland Council of Christians and Jews For information contact Dr Myer Green, Hon Sec, West of Scotland Council for Christians and Jews, tel 0141 639 4618

BURSLEM, STAFFORDSHIRE

Tuesday 24 May 2005 1-2 p.m. Burslem Library, Wedgwood Institute, Queen Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 3EF Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Artist: illustrated talk by Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece Part of the ‘Forewords: Events in your area’ programme of library talks in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent For information telephone 01782 238488

NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE

Monday 23 May 2005 7.30-9.00 p.m. Newcastle-under-Lyme Library, Ironmarket, Staffs, ST5 1AT Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Artist: illustrated talk by Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece Part of the ‘Forewords: Events in your area’ programme of library talks in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent For information telephone Tom Flemons, Reading Development Officer for Staffordshire, tel 01785 854195

BASWICH, STAFFORDSHIRE

Monday 16 May 2005 7.30-9.00 p.m. Baswich Library, Lynton Avenue, Baswich, Stafford, ST17 0EA Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Artist: llustrated talk by Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece Part of the ‘Forewords: Events in your area’ programme of library talks in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent For information telephone 01785 663355

FALMOUTH, CORNWALL

19 March-4 June 2005 Falmouth Art Gallery, Municipal Buildings, The Moor, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 4SN "Tree-mendous": Hannah Frank drawings - including two never before seen - will feature in a thematic ‘trees’ exhibition. Other artists featured included Ray and Zoë Atkins, John Constable RA, Alan Cotton, Trevor Felcey, Ben Hartley, Francis Hewlett, William A. Martin, Paul Mount, Kenneth Newton, Adrian Ryan and Henry Scott Tuke RA. Tel: 01326 313863 www.falmouthartgallery.com Read an article from Falmouth Navigator magazine here.

Friday 3 June 1-2 p.m Falmouth Art Gallery, Municipal Buildings, The Moor, Falmouth, Cornwall TR11 4SN Free talk by Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece

The Tree-domed Hall. Hannah Frank, 1927

GLASGOW

Sunday 13 March 2005 2-4 pm UJIA, Eastwood House, Eastwoodmains Road, Giffnock, Glasgow G46. Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece and editor of the new book on her 75 year artistic career, was on the ‘Scottish Jewish Archives Centre’ table from 2-4 p.m. at the ‘Jewish Book Week On Tour’ Sunday Afternoon event at the UJIA.

GLASGOW

28 Feb – 12 March 2005 Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 10.30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thurs 10.30 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sat 10.30 a.m. – 1 p.m. The R.G.I. Kelly Gallery, 118 Douglas Street, Glasgow, G2 4ET There were three Hannah Frank sculptures and one of her early signed prints at the Glasgow Society of Women Artists ‘Exhibition of Small Works of Art’ (painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and jewellery) Tel 0141 248 6386 Hannah Frank attended the Private View of the GSWI exhibition on Saturday 26th February: here's a slideshow of how the morning went. You'll need Quicktime to play this slideshow which you can download free from www.quicktime.com

President of the Glasgow Society of Women Artists Alma Wolfson, with Hannah Frank and Alma’s husband Leslie Wolfson. You can see the sculpture of Hannah Frank’s father, ‘Charles Frank at 93’, in the background.

LONDON

1-6 March 2005 Tuesday 1st 5pm - 10pm Wednesday 2nd, Thursday 3rd 11am - 8pm Friday 4th, Saturday 5th, 11am - 7pm Sunday 6th, 11am - 5pm Fine Art, Design and Antiques Spring Fair at Olympia Exhibition Centre, Warwick Rd, London, W14 8UX There was an opportunity to see two Hannah Frank sculptures - Woman with Bird, and Reclining Figure - at the Fine Art Design and Antiques Fair at Olympia, from 1st to 6th March - on Stand no 61, the Decorative Arts@Doune stand.

LONDON

6-13 March 2005 Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, London W1. LONDON JEWISH BOOK WEEK The Hannah Frank book was featured on the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre stall. For information contact Jewish Book Week, Tel (0)20 8343 4675 www.jewishbookweek.com/2005/index.php

LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE

Monday 14 March 2005 7.30-9.00 p.m. Lichfield Library, The Friary £2.50 (includes voucher for £5.00 off Hannah Frank prints and book) Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Artist: illustrated talk by Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece Part of the ‘Forewords: Events in your area’ programme of library talks in Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent For information, tel 01543 510700

LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE

1-28 February 2005 (closed 24th February) Lichfield Library, The Friary Free Hannah Frank, A Glasgow Artist Exhibition of signed prints from the 1920s, 30s and 40s, and sculptures from the 1950s to the 1990s For information, tel 01543 510700

Tom Flemons, Reading Development Officer for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, at the Hannah Frank exhibition, Lichfield, February 2005

LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE

Friday 18 February 2005 2.00pm-3.30pm Lichfield Library, The Friary Free Hannah Frank, A Glasgow Artist ‘At Home’ with the artist’s niece Fiona Frank: an informal talk about the life and work of Hannah Frank, Glasgow Artist (b.1908), with a chance to see some of the artist’s private diaries and albums. For information, tel 01543 510700

NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, STAFFS

4-14 January 2005 Newcastle-under-Lyme Library, Ironmarket Free Hannah Frank, A Glasgow Artist Exhibition of signed prints from the 1920s, 30s and 40s. For information telephone Tom Flemons, Reading Development Officer for Staffordshire, tel 01782 297 309

NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME, STAFFS

Saturday 8 January 2005 2.00pm-3.30pm Newcastle-under-Lyme Library, Ironmarket Free ‘At Home’ with the artist’s niece Fiona Frank: An informal talk about the life and work of Hannah Frank, Glasgow Artist, with a chance to see some of the artist’s private diaries and albums. For information telephone Tom Flemons, Reading Development Officer for Staffordshire, tel 01785 854 195

Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh, August 2004

There were four Hannah Franks (two sculptures and two original drawings) at the Edinburgh Festival exhibition of the Glasgow Society of Women Artists at the Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh. This exhibition closed on 28th August 2004. Hannah Frank signed preview copies of the new book, at the Torrance Gallery, on 27th August 2004 - see pictures

LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE

Friday 10 June 2004 12.35-1.15 p.m. Storey Institute, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH Free Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Artist: lllustrated talk by Fiona Frank, the artist’s niece Lancaster University’s Lunchtime Lecture series organised by the Department of Continuing Education For information telephone the Department of Continuing Education: 01524 592623/4

Falmouth Art Gallery, April-June 2004

Three Hannah Frank original drawings were on show at Falmouth Art Gallery in their thematic 'Suns and Moons' exhibition which ran from 24th April to 12th June 2004. Cards and prints will be on sale. Website www.falmouthartgallery.com

Harrogate International Conference Centre, April 2004

An original Hannah Frank drawing, and some of her prints, was on show at the 2004 Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Meeting at the Harrogate International Conference Centre from 28th to 30th April 2004. Website www.asgbi.org.uk/

The Gregson Café-Bar, Lancaster, March 2003

Fiona Frank with some of her aunt's drawings at the exhibition at the Gregson Arts and Community Centre, Lancaster, March 2003 www.gregson.co.uk

Lancaster University, The Peter Scott Gallery December 2001 - February 2002.LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE

December 2001-Feb 2002. Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Artist: An exhibition of Hannah Frank’s drawings, sculptures, memorabilia, and books from the artist’s bookshelves.  This exhibition, curated by Mary Gavagan, kicked off the recent interest in Hannah Frank’s work, and we are very appreciative of the support of the Gallery.

28 Jan to 11 Feb 2006 Mon - Fri 10.30 am – 5 pm, Sat 10.30 am. – 1 pm	Royal Glasgow Institute, Kelly Gallery, 118 Douglas St, Glasgow HANNAH FRANK, 75 years a Glasgow artist. Drawings, sculpture and early family sketches Drawings and sculpture from Hannah Frank’s 75 year career - includes original works never before exhibited Also includes a programme of lunchtime talks and events. Cards, books, and signed reproductions of many of Hannah Frank’s drawings will be on sale at the exhibition. A small number of sculptures will also be on sale, with the opportunity to purchase others as limited edition recasts. NB: Schools and art groups are very welcome to arrange group visits to the exhibition. We can arrange seating and other facilities if required. Contact the gallery on 0141 248 6386 or Fiona Frank, details at the bottom of this page.
Activities and Events during the Glasgow Exhibition
Thurs 26th Jan 5.30 - 7.30	Preview, with Professor Pamela Robertson, Senior Curator, Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow - and with Hannah Frank herself, health permitting. Refreshments will be served. All welcome.
Saturday 28 January 10.30 am. – 1 pm.	Opening morning: refreshments will be served. All welcome.
Friday 3 February 12.45 – 1.45 pm	Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Jewish Artist – a journey through her life and work, and a chance to see some of her personal scrapbooks and diaries, by her niece, Fiona Frank. FREE: all welcome
Wednesday 8 February 12.45 - 1.45 pm	Hannah Frank, a University woman of her time? An exploration of Glasgow University in the 1920s and 30s. Lesley Richmond, Director of Archive Services & Senior Research Fellow, Glasgow University. FREE: all welcome
Thursday 9 February 12.45 - 1.45 pm	Lunchtime Sketching Workshop; with Ann Marie Foster, M.A. – Investigating the work of Hannah Frank, and making a personal response through expressive drawing. Bring your own sketchbook – some materials provided. FREE: all welcome.
Friday 10 February 12.45 - 1.45 pm	Women at the Glasgow School of Art – The Early Years, 1880 to 1930 Peter Trowles, Taffner Curator, Mackintosh Collection, Glasgow School of Art. FREE: all welcome
Saturday 11 February 10.30 am – 1 pm.	Closing morning: refreshments will be served.
GLASGOW
Early 2006	there’ll be a Hannah Frank Art ‘presence’ at the UK Jewish Film Festival

 

London
October – December 2006 London Jewish Cultural Centre, Ivy House, North End Road, London NW11 7HU Tel 020 8457 5000 Web www.ljcc.org.uk	A full exhibition of Hannah Frank original drawings, family sketches, and sculptures, was on show at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
Middlesex
May-July 2006 Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue, Oaklands Gate, Green Lane, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 3AA Tel 01923 822592 Web http://www.npls.eclipse.co.uk	Hannah Frank prints, original drawings, and sculpture were on show at the beautiful Etz Chayim gallery at this lovely synagogue location. This exhibition was a tribute to the foresight and hard work of Frances Sacker, curator of the exhibition, who sadly passed away in the week that the exhibition started – but had been directing developments from her hospital bed.
Saturday 28 January 10.30 am. – 1 pm.	Opening morning: refreshments will be served. All welcome.
Friday 3 February 12.45 – 1.45 pm	Hannah Frank, 75 years a Glasgow Jewish Artist – a journey through her life and work, and a chance to see some of her personal scrapbooks and diaries, by her niece, Fiona Frank. FREE: all welcome
Wednesday 8 February 12.45 - 1.45 pm	Hannah Frank, a University woman of her time? An exploration of Glasgow University in the 1920s and 30s. Lesley Richmond, Director of Archive Services & Senior Research Fellow, Glasgow University. FREE: all welcome
Thursday 9 February 12.45 - 1.45 pm	Lunchtime Sketching Workshop; with Ann Marie Foster, M.A. – Investigating the work of Hannah Frank, and making a personal response through expressive drawing. Bring your own sketchbook – some materials provided. FREE: all welcome.
Friday 10 February 12.45 - 1.45 pm	Women at the Glasgow School of Art – The Early Years, 1880 to 1930 Peter Trowles, Taffner Curator, Mackintosh Collection, Glasgow School of Art. FREE: all welcome
Saturday 11 February 10.30 am – 1 pm.	Closing morning: refreshments will be served.
GLASGOW
Early 2006	there’ll be a Hannah Frank Art ‘presence’ at the UK Jewish Film Festival