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'''Wilfred Franks (1908-2003)''' was a British artist who trained at the [[:de:Staatliche_Bauhochschule_Weimar|Staatliche Bauhochschule (de)]] 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 the northeast of England, teaching a group of unemployed miners how to design and make furniture.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Boosbeck Industries |url=https://visitmima.com/whats-on/single/adam-clarke-new-boosbeck-industries/ |website=visitmima.com |accessdate=23 June 2020}}</ref> 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 Trotskyist political activist,<ref>{{cite web |title=100 years since the founding of the Bauhaus |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/25/100y-j25.html |website=World Socialist Website.org |accessdate=23 June 2020}}</ref> 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), during the [[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> Due to his political beliefs he refused conscription to the British Army and he was imprisoned as a [[conscientious objector]] during [[World War Two]].<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=280}}</ref> In the post war years, 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>
'''Wilfred Franks (1908-2003)''' was a British artist and designer who trained at the [[:de:Staatliche_Bauhochschule_Weimar|Staatliche Bauhochschule (de)]] 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 the northeast of England, teaching a group of unemployed miners how to design and make furniture.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Boosbeck Industries |url=https://visitmima.com/whats-on/single/adam-clarke-new-boosbeck-industries/ |website=visitmima.com |accessdate=23 June 2020}}</ref> 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=Gloag |first1=Kenneth |last2=Jones |first2=Nicholas |title=The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-02197-6 |page=209}}</ref> Wilf Franks was a [[Marxist]] political activist who supported [[Trotskyism]] and the [[Fourth International]]. <ref>{{cite web |title=100 years since the founding of the Bauhaus |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/25/100y-j25.html |website=World Socialist Website.org |accessdate=23 June 2020}}</ref> On Sunday 4 October 1936, Franks 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), during the [[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> Due to his political beliefs he refused conscription to the British Army and he was imprisoned as a [[conscientious objector]] during [[World War Two]].<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=280}}</ref> In the post war years, 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> Wilf Franks' design work with the mining community of [[Boosbeck]] provided inspiration to the artist Adam Clarke, a graduate of the [[Royal College of Art]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Marton artist Adam Clarke finds his muse in the history of East Cleveland |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/ |accessdate=25 June 2020 |publisher=Middlesbrough Evening Gazette}}</ref> Clarke later established New Boosbeck Industries, replicating the furniture making project that Wilf Franks had initiated in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Boosbeck Industries |url=https://visitmima.com/whats-on/single/adam-clarke-new-boosbeck-industries/ |website=visitmima.com |accessdate=25 June 2020}}</ref>




Revision as of 11:40, 25 June 2020

Wilfred Franks (1908-2003) was a British artist and designer who trained at the Staatliche Bauhochschule (de) 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 the northeast of England, teaching a group of unemployed miners how to design and make furniture.[2] It was through his involvement with Boosbeck that Franks got to know the composer Michael Tippett.[3] Franks and Michael Tippett were involved in an intense love affair during the 1930s,[4] and Tippett dedicated his String Quartet no.1 to Franks.[5] Wilf Franks was a Marxist political activist who supported Trotskyism and the Fourth International. [6] On Sunday 4 October 1936, Franks was arrested (and later sentenced to 28 days hard labour) while helping to block a march by the British Union of Fascists (BUF), during the The Battle of Cable Street.[7] 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)[8] Due to his political beliefs he refused conscription to the British Army and he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War Two.[9] In the post war years, Franks became a designer at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham and later a lecturer in design at Leeds Polytechnic.[10] Wilf Franks' design work with the mining community of Boosbeck provided inspiration to the artist Adam Clarke, a graduate of the Royal College of Art.[11] Clarke later established New Boosbeck Industries, replicating the furniture making project that Wilf Franks had initiated in the 1930s.[12]


References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "New Boosbeck Industries". visitmima.com. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas (2013). The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett. Cambridge University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-107-02197-6.
  5. ^ Gloag, Kenneth; Jones, Nicholas. The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett. Cambridge University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-107-02197-6.
  6. ^ "100 years since the founding of the Bauhaus". World Socialist Website.org. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  7. ^ Soden, Oliver (2019). Michael Tippett The Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978 1 4746 0602 8.
  8. ^ "Wilfred Franks imdb". IMDB. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  9. ^ Soden, Oliver (2019). Michael Tippett The Biography. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 280. ISBN 978 1 4746 0602 8.
  10. ^ Powers, Alan (2019). Bauhuas Goes West. Modern Art And Design in Britain And America. Thames & Hudson. p. 186. ISBN 978 0 500 51992 9.
  11. ^ "Marton artist Adam Clarke finds his muse in the history of East Cleveland". Middlesbrough Evening Gazette. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  12. ^ "New Boosbeck Industries". visitmima.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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