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Ellen Frank is an artist, writer, and educator, currently based in New York. ==Life== She was born in Los Angeles. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles; her Master of Arts and Ph.D in literature and visual arts from Stanford and Yale universities, prospectively. Also, she was Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley from 1973-1977.〔http://www.ellenfrank.com/meettheartist.html〕 Frank is an artist known for her illuminated manuscripts, which showcase the ancient art form of incorporating precious metals like 22-karat gold leaf on murals and scrolls, linens and panels 〔http://www.transnational.org/SATJ/tff/people/e_frank.html〕 Frank has published several written works, among them ''Literary Architecture: Essays Toward a Tradition'' (University of California Press) and other various essays on the topics of painting, architecture, and literature. ''Literary Architecture: Essays Toward a Tradition'' (University of California Press) has won several awards, including the "Best of All Award Winning Books" by Book Builders West, The Ronce & Coffin Club Design Award, and the New York Institute for Graphic Arts 50 Best Books.〔http://www.transnational.org/SATJ/tff/people/e_frank.html〕 She co-wrote a play titled ''Frida@chiapas.net'' with Maria Pessino who is the founder and director of Oddfellows Productions. The Theatre for the New in New York City hosted the play for its first reading, and Robert Wilson's Watermill Center hosted the second reading in July 1999.〔http://www.ellenfrank.com/meettheartist.html〕 Frank has received various awards and recognition for her work in both painting and writing. She was accepted as a Fulbright Fellow to further her studies in Aesthetic Theory under Sir Ernst Gombrich. Frank also received the Ford Foundation Grant in Lithography, a Pollock-Krasner Award in Painting, and a New York Foundation of the Arts Award in 1997 for her illuminated manuscript.〔http://www.ellenfrank.com/meettheartist.html〕 Frank's art has been exhibited throughout the United States, including the Soho Guggenheim to inaugurate "T", where she showed a sequence of 18 paintings. Also, in 1999 J/Brice of Boston, MA commissioned Frank to create an 84-foot mural in copper, gold, and silver leaf on linen.〔http://www.ellenfrank.com/meettheartist.html〕 In 2001, Frank was invited to be Professor and Guest Artist at Barnard College and at Rutgers University.〔http://www.ellenfrank.com/meettheartist.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellen Frank」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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