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| ⚫ | '''Wilfred Franks (1908-2003)''' was a British artist who trained at the [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatliche_Bauhochschule_Weimar|Staatliche Bauhochschule]] in Weimar, Germany from 1929-1930. Franks also attended classes at the [[ |
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| ⚫ | '''Wilfred Franks (1908-2003)''' was a British artist who trained at the [[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatliche_Bauhochschule_Weimar|Staatliche Bauhochschule]] in Weimar, Germany from 1929-1930. Franks also attended classes at the [[Bauhaus]] art school in Dessau, although he was not officially enrolled at the school.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Powers |first1=Alan |title=Bauhuas Goes West. Modern Art And Design in Britain And America |date=2019 |publisher=Thames & Hudson |location=London |isbn=978-0-500-51992-9 |pages=184-186}}</ref> On his return to England Franks worked with a mining community in the Village of [[Boosbeck]] in East Cleveland, teaching a group of unemployed miners how to design and make furniture. It was through his involvement with Boosbeck that Franks got to know the composer [[Michael Tippett]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chase |first1=Malcolm |last2=Whyman |first2=Mark |title=Heartbreak Hill. A Response to Unemployment in East Cleveland in the 1930s |date=1991 |publisher=Cleveland County Council & Langbaurgh-on-Tees Borough Council |isbn=0904784207 |pages=26-27}}</ref> Franks and Michael Tippett were involved in an intense love affair during the 1930s,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gloag |first1=Kenneth |last2=Jones |first2=Nicholas |title=The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett |date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-02197-6 |pages=89-90}}</ref> and Tippett dedicated his String Quartet no.1 to Franks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soden |first1=Oliver |title=Michael Tippett The Biography |date=2019 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |location=London |isbn=978 1 4746 0602 8 |page=176}}</ref> Wilf Franks was a political activist and on Sunday 4 October 1936, he was arrested (and later sentenced to 28 days hard labour) while helping to block a march by the [[British_Union_of_Fascists|British Union of Fascists]] (BUF). This clash between the BUF and anti-fascist counter demonstrators became known as [[Battle_of_Cable_Street|The Battle of Cable Street]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soden |first1=Oliver |title=Michael Tippett The Biography |date=2019 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |location=London |isbn=978 1 4746 0602 8 |pages=191-192}}</ref> In the late 1930s Franks became an actor, performing on numerous early BBC Television shows, including The Insect Play (1939) and The Pilgrims Progress (1939)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilfred Franks imdb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1670021/ |website=IMDB |accessdate=21 June 2020}}</ref> Franks became a designer at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham and later a lecturer in design at Leeds Polytechnic.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Powers |first1=Alan |title=Bauhuas Goes West. Modern Art And Design in Britain And America |date=2019 |publisher=Thames & Hudson |isbn=978 0 500 51992 9 |page=186}}</ref> |
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Wilfred Franks (1908-2003) was a British artist who trained at the [Bauhochschule] in Weimar, Germany from 1929-1930. Franks also attended classes at the Bauhaus art school in Dessau, although he was not officially enrolled at the school.[1] On his return to England Franks worked with a mining community in the Village of Boosbeck in East Cleveland, teaching a group of unemployed miners how to design and make furniture. It was through his involvement with Boosbeck that Franks got to know the composer Michael Tippett.[2] Franks and Michael Tippett were involved in an intense love affair during the 1930s,[3] and Tippett dedicated his String Quartet no.1 to Franks.[4] Wilf Franks was a political activist and on Sunday 4 October 1936, he was arrested (and later sentenced to 28 days hard labour) while helping to block a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF). This clash between the BUF and anti-fascist counter demonstrators became known as The Battle of Cable Street.[5] In the late 1930s Franks became an actor, performing on numerous early BBC Television shows, including The Insect Play (1939) and The Pilgrims Progress (1939)[6] Franks became a designer at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham and later a lecturer in design at Leeds Polytechnic.[7]
References
- ^ Powers, Alan (2019). Bauhuas Goes West. Modern Art And Design in Britain And America. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 184–186. ISBN 978-0-500-51992-9.
- ^ Chase, Malcolm; Whyman, Mark (1991). Heartbreak Hill. A Response to Unemployment in East Cleveland in the 1930s. Cleveland County Council & Langbaurgh-on-Tees Borough Council. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0904784207.
- ^ Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas (2013). The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett. Cambridge University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-107-02197-6.
- ^ Soden, Oliver (2019). Michael Tippett The Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 176. ISBN 978 1 4746 0602 8.
- ^ Soden, Oliver (2019). Michael Tippett The Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978 1 4746 0602 8.
- ^ "Wilfred Franks imdb". IMDB. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Powers, Alan (2019). Bauhuas Goes West. Modern Art And Design in Britain And America. Thames & Hudson. p. 186. ISBN 978 0 500 51992 9.
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