Franklin Brooke Voss Explained

Franklin Brooke Voss (1880–1953) was an American painter.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Biography

Franklin Brooke Voss was born in New York City in 1880.^[4] He attended the Art Students League of New York, where George Bridgman was his teacher.^[4]

He was commissioned paintings by the Whitneys, Riddles, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Wideners, and Willis Sharpe Kilmer.^{[1] [2]} He painted Man o' War, Equipoise, Seabiscuit, War Admiral, Sir Barton and Whirlaway.^[1] Some of his work can be found at the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida.^[5]

Bibliography

• Peter Winants, The Sporting Art of Franklin B. Voss (Eclipse Press, 2005)

Notes and References

1. http://www.racingmuseum.org/news/news.asp?varID=139 National Museum of Racing exhibit
2. http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4417091 Christie's
3. Web site: The British Sporting Art Trust . 2012-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210518/http://www.bsat.co.uk/artists.php?aid=42 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
4. http://chisholmgallery.com/franklin-brooke-voss Chisholm Gallery
5. http://www.polomuseum.com/introduction.htm Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame website, Introduction