Frank Skinner (1878-1942)

Hiro Fine Art is interested in purchasing artworks by Frank Skinner.

Frank W. Skinner was born February 17, 1878 in Nashua, Iowa.  He was the son of Wellington – a Methodist minister – and Lucy (Goble) Skinner.  Early in his career he was associated for about three years with the Terre Haute Gazette in the newspaper business. This would have likely been around 1900 as they ceased publication in 1904.  Skinner was then associated with the advertising business in Minneapolis – the John H. Mitchell Advertising Agency – which he purchased in 1914.  This company represented such others as Munsingwear, Toastmaster, Anacin and Minneapolis Moline.  He also worked at the Smith Lithograph Company in Chicago until about 1939 when he moved permanently to Beaver Bay, Minnesota, and founded Studio Inn Resort.  There, in his painting studio, could be found many of his landscape paintings of the area.

Artistically, he studied at the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines, Iowa; plus the Chicago Academy and the Art Students League in New York.  He exhibited at a number of mid-western cities including Minneapolis and Duluth plus a number of one-man local exhibitions.

He died at his home in Beaver Bay on June 17, 1942 after a short illness at the young age of 55.

Compiled and submitted by Edward Bentley, researcher of  Lansing, Michigan.

• 1878 – Born in Nashua, Iowa
• Worked with the “Terre Haute Gazette” newspaper
• 1914 – Purchased the John H. Mitchell Advertising Agency
• 1939 – Moved to Beaver Bay, Minnesota and founded the Studio Inn Resort