Frank Henry Shapleigh (1842-1906)
Frank Henry Shapleigh was born in Boston and studied painting at the Lowell Institute of Drawing. He kept a studio in Boston from 1866-1907 despite his many travels. After fighting in the Civil War, he sailed to Europe where he studied in the studio of Emile Lambinet (1815-1877) from 1867-1868. Shapleigh painted throughout New England, in St. Augustine, Florida, California and in Europe. In 1870, he painted Yosemite.
From 1877 to 1893 he was artist-in-residence at the Crawford House in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, painting Mount Washington and other well-known mountains from dozens of different locations. He wintered at the Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida in 1886-1887, and he became the artist-in-residence at the hotel from 1889 until 1892.
After a trip to Europe in 1896, he built a summer home and art studio in Jackson, New Hampshire, which he called “Maple Knoll.” Today Shapleigh is known for his well-executed White Mountain landscapes and his intimate landscapes of New Hampshire and Florida. His work is represented in Farnsworth Art Museum, ME; New Britain Museum of Art, CT; Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; Portland Museum of Art, ME; University of New Hampshire; New Hampshire Historical Society and many more.
Information courtesy of Charlton Hall Galleries Inc., February, 2007