20 Facts About Hannah Frank

Hannah Frank was an artist and sculptor from Glasgow, Scotland.

Hannah Frank was known for her Art Nouveau monochrome drawings until she decided to concentrate on sculpture in 1952.

When Hannah Frank was 13, the family moved to 72 Dixon Avenue, in Crosshill.

Hannah Frank attended Abbotsford Road Primary School followed by Strathbungo School and then Albert Road Academy.

Hannah Frank obtained her Intermediate Certificate in 1924.

Hannah Frank contributed poems and illustrations to the Glasgow University Magazine.

Hannah Frank won the GSA evening class prize in 1929 for Sorcery and the James McBey prize for wood engraving in 1934.

In 1948, Hannah Frank designed a brochure cover for the Glasgow Board for Jewish Education, which was the main centre for Jewish education in Glasgow at the time.

In 1966, Hannah Frank donated an art piece to the Rosa Wollstein group which was to be used in an art draw in May of that year.

In 1967, Hannah Frank gave a sculpture to the Joint Israel Appeal which was collecting for an Israel emergency fund.

Ethel Collins and Louis Ferrar of the appeal wrote to Frank and gave expansive thanks for her donation.

In 1969, Frank donated a signed print to the Glasgow Women's Zionist Organisation's Jewish Art Group, which was auctioned to presumably raise money.

Hannah Frank's style was influenced by contemporaries such as Henry Moore as well as her teachers at the Glasgow School of Art but her personal style is undoubtedly distinct with elongated limbs and elegant shaping, with her roots in the Scottish Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movement.

Hannah Frank was present at the opening of the final exhibition of the tour, at the University of Glasgow Chapel, where she was given a standing ovation by the 150 guests present.

Hannah Frank's drawings seem vibrant through the extreme colour contrast and clear but simple lines.

The figures are mainly women and Hannah Frank drew numerous face close-ups.

Hannah Frank became widely recognised as her sculptures were exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Glasgow Institute and the Royal Academy, in London.

Hannah Frank recalls that it took her weeks to finish.

Hannah Frank lived in a care home near Glasgow in her later years.

The archives relating to Hannah Frank are maintained by the Archives of the University of Glasgow and the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre and the Archives of the Glasgow School of Art.