Background
Nankivell, Frank Arthur was born on November 16, 1869 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Son of John and Annie (Green) Nankivell.
Nankivell, Frank Arthur was born on November 16, 1869 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Son of John and Annie (Green) Nankivell.
Educated Wesley College, Melbourne.
Studied architecture and engineering in Melbourne, Australia, and practiced engineering on Victorian railways until 1891. Contributing occasionally to Australian publications. Worked and studied art in Japan, 1891-1894, in San Francisco, 1894-1896.
Published and illustrated fortnightly magazine Chic,” and made drawings for San Francisco Call, Examiner, and Chronicle.
To New York, 1896, illustrated daily papers. Joined staff of Puck, May 1896, as cartoonist and caricaturist.
Studied portrait painting in New York and London. Now occupied as painter and etcher.
Represented in Brooklyn Museum, Harvard University Law School, University of North Carolina, State History Society of Missouri, Duke University, Metropolitan Museum, New York Public Library, Congressional Library (Washington, District of Columbia).
Mezzotint portrait of Mark Twain in 40 museums and libraries in the United States Produced first complete reel motion picture animation in full color.
Member of the Society of American Etchers. Club: Circumnavigators’.
Children: Francis John, Edith Anne, (by second marriage) John Elbert, Ronald Thomas.