Chronology

Frank Nelson Wilcox

CHRONOLOGY

1887 Born October 3 in Cleveland, Ohio 1906 Graduated from Central High School, Cleveland, Ohio 1906-10 Attended the Cleveland School of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1910-11 First Trip to Europe (England, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany and Italy) 1912 Began Experimenting with Prints 1913 Began Teaching at the Cleveland School of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1918 Began Teaching at John Huntington Polytechnic Institute, Cleveland, Ohio 1914 Second Trip to Europe (Holland, Belgium, Germany and England) 1923-25 Trips to Maine 1926-27 Third and Final Trip to Europe (France) 1929-32 Trips to Gaspé, Canada 1930 Began Research for Ohio Indian Trails 1933 Published Ohio Indian Trails 1934 Began Research for The Ohio Canals (published posthumously in 1969) 1937-1950 Trips to the West and Southwest of the United States 1949 Published Weather Wisdom 1952-1959 Trips to the South of the United States 1953 Retired from Teaching at John Huntington Polytechnic Institute, Cleveland, Ohio 1957 Retired from Teaching at the Cleveland School of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1959-1964 Painting of “Little-Big Watercolors” 1964 Died April 17 in Cleveland, Ohio

AWARDS

The Cleveland Art Association 1919 Bronze Medal for Etching (Penton Medal) 1920 Silver Medal for Overall Excellence (Penton Medal) 1921 Bronze Medal for Industrial Oil Painting (Penton Medal)

The Cleveland Museum of Art May Shows 1919 1st Prize for Decorative Painting 1919 1st Prize for Etching 1919 2nd Prize for Industrial Painting 1920 1st Prize in Landscape Oil Painting 1920 1st Prize in Industrial Oil Painting 1920 1st Prize in Miscellaneous Oil Painting 1920 1st Prize in Watercolor 1920 1st Prize in Etching 1921 1st Prize in Industrial Oil Painting 1921 2nd Prize in Landscape Oil Painting 1922 1st Prize in Oil Painting 1922 Bronze Medal for Oil Painting and Landscapes (Penton Medal) 1922 Bronze Medal for Industrial Oil Painting (Penton Medal) 1923 1st Prize in Watercolor 1924 1st Prize in Etching 1924 3rd Prize in Watercolor 1924 3rd Prize in Illustration 1925 1st Prize in Oil Landscape Painting 1926 1st Prize in Oil Landscape Painting

1927 1st Prize in Miscellaneous Oil Painting 1927 1st Prize in Oil Painting 1928 1st Prize in Watercolor 1929 1st Prize in Watercolor 1929 1st Prize in Oil Landscape Painting 1930 Honorable Mention in Watercolor 1932 1st Prize in Watercolor

1952 Roberta Holden Bole Special Faculty Award for Travel and Study 1952 Cleveland Plain Dealer Award for Art in Cleveland 1952 Special Merit Award of American Watercolor Society

PUBLICATIONS

Ohio Indian Trails, 1933 Weather Wisdom, 1949 The Ohio Canals, 1969 (published posthumously)

HONORARY DEGREES

1957 Doctor of Science in Education, The College of Immaculate Conception, Kansas City, Missouri 1958 Doctor of Humane Letters, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio

MEMBERSHIPS

Member, American Watercolor Society, New York City, New York Member, Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Member, Ohio Watercolor Society Member, Rowfant Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio Founder-Member, Former President, Cleveland Society of Artists Honorary Member, Artists and Craftsmen’s Association of Cleveland

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS

Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio Brecksville City Hall, Brecksville, Ohio Brecksville Congregational Church, Brecksville, Ohio Brecksville Public Library, Brecksville, Ohio Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Public School Collection, Cleveland, Ohio Collection of Alumni Association of Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Ohioana Library, Columbus, Ohio Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio