BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Leonard Juda Frank

July 3 1870 - February 23 1944

Royal Photographic Society (Associate 1939)


Leonard Frank was born in Berne, Germany, and arrived in BC in 1894. He lived in Port Alberni, later moving to Vancouver in 1916.


Photograph of bison on Brockton Point, from collection of tourist photographs

He exhibited four bromide photographs at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1939, British Columbia Cedar Trees was illustrated in the catalogue.


Framing label from tinted photograph of Siwash Rock, courtesy Bob MacIntyre

Frank died in Vancouver in 1944. His business was purchased by Otto Landauer (q.v.).


Leonard Frank postcard, hand-tinted


Leonard Frank postcard, printed & hand-tinted in Germany, not dated


Leonard Frank stamp, on reverse of postcard Panorama of Vancouver, B.C.


Leonard Frank tourist photograph #11, printed in Germany, not dated


Leonard Frank stamp, on reverse of tourist photograph (title moved to save space)


Leonard Frank postcard, printed in Germany, copyright 1927


Leonard Frank postcard, reverse side of Siwash Rock


Leonard Frank photograph #0328, "International Boundary - White Pass Summit"


Leonard Frank photograph #12709, "New Westminster - Columbia Street"


Leonard Frank photograph #12709, detail


Leonard Frank photograph #13401, "Westlawn"


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION
(date? 1988-2010) Rocky Mountain Photographs Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1939 Aug. 25 - Sept. 9 CNE   Toronto Salon of Cdn. Photography Cameron Lake, Vancouver Island
British Columbia Cedar Trees
Sunset at Powell River, B.C.
Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, Vancouver B.C.

References - BIBLIOGRAPHY

BIBLIO

References - EXHIBITIONS

ELEVEN EARLY BRITISH COLUMBIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS 1890 - 1940 (refer to VAG76)

IMAGES OF GOLD MOUNTAIN 1886 - 1947 (refer to VAG85.2)

References - GENERAL

ROMANCE OF VANCOUVER JUBILEE NUMBER (1936) illustrated with Frank photographs

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (refer to EBC00)

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - B.C. ARTISTS FILES (refer to VPL)

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (listing only) (refer to BCVS)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Frank_(photographer)

https://archives.jewishmuseum.ca/leonard-frank-photo-studio-fonds

https://www.memorybc.ca/leonard-frank-photo-studio-fonds-2

https://abcbookworld.com/writer/frank-leonard/

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