id: 169868
accession number: 2012.119
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The Bee Tree, 1930. Frank Wilcox (American, 1887–1964). Oil on canvas; framed: 87.6 x 113 x 5.5 cm (34 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 76.8 x 102.2 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Richard and Renee Zellner and purchase from the Dudley P. Allen Fund 2012.119 © Wilcox Family Collection LLC
title: The Bee Tree
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creation date: 1930
creation date earliest: 1930
creation date latest: 1930
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creditline: Gift of Richard and Renee Zellner and purchase from the Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright: © Wilcox Family Collection LLC
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culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Cleveland School
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Frank Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) - artist
Cleveland-born Frank Wilcox received artistic training with Frederick Gottwald, Henry Keller, and Louis Rorimer while at tending the Cleveland School of Art, 1906–10. On a travel scholarship from the school, Wilcox studied at the Académie Callorossi in Paris during the winter of 1910–11 and exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1911. He then returned to Cleveland, where the Taylor Gallery organized his first solo exhibition in the fall of 1911. The Korner & Wood Galleries organized his second solo exhibition in 1913, the same year he began teaching at the Cleveland School of Art. Among his students were Charles Burchfield, Carl Gaertner, and Clarence Carter. The Cleveland School of Art mounted a solo exhibition of his paintings (1916), and he exhibited in the annual May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art (1919–60). Wilcox made painting trips to Maine and the eastern seaboard during summers, 1920–25, and studied and painted in Paris, 1926–27. He established a reputation as a book illustrator with the publication of Ohio Indian Trails in 1933. In the 1930s his paintings appeared in group exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and in New York at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Cleveland School of Art mounted a solo exhibition of his paintings in 1937. In the 1940s he made several painting trips to the American Southwest and illustrated a historical survey of the Ohio canal system. After retiring from the Cleveland School of Art in 1957, Wilcox continued to paint. "Transformations in Cleveland Art" (CMA, 1996), p. 240.
Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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measurements: Framed: 87.6 x 113 x 5.5 cm (34 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 76.8 x 102.2 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The May Show: 28th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
opening date: 1946-04-13T05:00:00
The May Show: 28th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 13-June 9, 1946).
title: Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946
opening date: 1996-05-19T04:00:00
Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-July 21, 1996).
title: An Ohio Childhood
opening date: 2016-09-10T00:00:00
An Ohio Childhood. Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Lancaster, OH (organizer) (September 10-December 31, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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CITATIONS
Frank Wilcox Entry Card to 1946 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMS07674
Robinson, William H., et. al. Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 125
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Wilcox, Frank Nelson. Two preparatory drawings for The Bee Tree, 1930. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/FrankWilcox
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