Frank L. Heath Art for Sale and Sold Prices

Painter, b. 1857 - d. 1921

Frank Lucien Heath (California, Oregon, 1857 - 1921) Mr. Frank Heath was born in Portland about the year ’57. When six years of age, his family moved to Santa Cruz, and there, and at Monterey, he became so impressed with his surroundings that his talent as a painter, in after years, reflected the scenes of his childhood. Wild, dashing waves, against cold, gray rocks; milder waves breaking on shore; cold, deep, green waters, and other chilly water views, are his chief delight. After studying at the Art School, under Virgil Williams, he became a pupil of Yelland, and this constitutes his entire instruction.
Since these, his only instructor has been Nature herself. From Santa Cruz and Monterey he has gone to Victoria and taken studies along the Columbia; from there he has sought the majesty of Yosemite, and worked unceasingly, securing many bold, strong studies of that valley of wonders; especially skillful in the treatment of water, whether as a fall, all feathery and fleecy, or as a river, deep and glassy. All of his canvases reveal this spirit of harmony with the freaks of the water-god.