Artists by Name

F

• Farris, Joseph

  Joseph Farris

  1924 – 2015

• Fast, Howard

  Howard Fast

  1914 – 2003

• Fawcett, Robert

  Robert Fawcett

  1903 – 1967

• Ferber, Edna

  Edna Ferber

  1885 – 1968

• Ferrari, Edward

  Edward Ferrari

  1903 – 2001

  Edward Ferrari created the molds for the ornamentation on the Merritt Parkway bridges, and designed that of the Comstock Hill Avenue bridge. He also created architectural ornamentation for buildings in New York and Connecticut.

• Field, Frederick Vanderbilt

  Frederick Vanderbilt Field

  1905 – 2000

  In the 1930s, Field was a visionary in his twenties pursuing a career as a liberal socialist writer. He hired the Swiss-born architect William Lescaze to design Sun Terrace/Field House in New Hartford, built between 1929 and 1932. It is regarded as the first International style country house built in the United States.

• Field (Jones), Rebecca

  Rebecca Field (Jones)

  1905 – 2002

  WPA artist, long-time educator, and founder of the West Hartford Arts League.

• Fitzgerald, Robert S.

  Robert S. Fitzgerald

  1910 – 1985

• Fitzgerald, F. Scott

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  1896 – 1940

  Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald coined the term Jazz Age for the era of Prohibition, also known as the Roaring Twenties. Author of four novels, including one partially written while staying in Westport, he is now considered one of America’s great Modernist writers.

• Flaherty, Robert

  Robert Flaherty

  1884 – 1951

• Flesch, Rudolf

  Rudolf Flesch

  1911 – 1986

• Flint, Alice

  Alice Flint

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• Ford, Lauren

  Lauren Ford

  1891 – 1973

  Instrumental in founding the Abbey of Regina Laudis, Ford was a prolific religious painter, often painting scenes related to Catholic beliefs.

• Foster, Harold Rudolf (Hal)

  Harold Rudolf (Hal) Foster

  1892 – 1982

  Foster drew detailed but clean and neat panels, influencing future cartoonists.

• Fox, Gilbert

  Gilbert Fox

  1915 – 2004

• Fox, Dorothea Warren

  Dorothea Warren Fox

  1914 – 1999

  Known for portrayals of active families and babies, Fox illustrated Dr. Benjamin Spock’s ground-breaking 1946 book, “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care,” one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century, which helped revolutionize child-rearing methods for the post-World War II generation. Her other work was both commercial illustration, such as ads and for magazines, and book illustration including children’s books.

• Fox, Charles

  Charles Fox

  1902 – 1996

  Having worked for ad agencies, Fox started his own studio in the 1930s and drew ads for corporate clients including Arrow Shirts. He also illustrated for pulp fiction westerns, a variety of magazines such as Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, and Woman’s Home Companion, and New York newspapers.

• Fox, Jr., Fontaine Talbot

  Fontaine Talbot Fox, Jr.

  1884 – 1964

  American cartoonist and illustrator known for his ‘Toonerville’ Folks which ran from 1913 to 1955 in newspapers across North America.

• Frankenthaler, Helen

  Helen Frankenthaler

  1928 – 2011

  Prominent Abstract Expressionist painter from the 1950s who pioneered the technique of staining unprimed canvas with oil paints, known as Color Field painting. In the late 1960s Frankenthaler began experimenting with alternative media and embraced printmaking, woodcuts, and lithographs. She continued experimenting with different media including clay and steel sculpture and set and costume design.

• Frasconi, Antonio

  Antonio Frasconi

  1919 – 2013

  Known as a master of woodcut printing, Frasconi was active in anti-war political movements.

• Fraser, Laura Gardin

  Laura Gardin Fraser

  1889 – 1966

• Fraser, James Earle

  James Earle Fraser

  1876 – 1953

• Fuentes Vizcarrondo, Juan

  Juan Fuentes Vizcarrondo

  1932 – 2015

  Photographer of local events and activism in the Puerto Rican community of Hartford.

• Fuller, Harvey K.

  Harvey K. Fuller

  1918 – 2017

• Fuller, Arthur D.

  Arthur D. Fuller

  1889 – 1966