W. Frank Calderon

1865 - 1943

William Frank Calderon, also known as W. Frank Calderon, was a British painter renowned for his portraits, landscapes, and sporting scenes-particularly those depicting hunting. The third son of Philip Hermogenes Calderon, a respected painter and Keeper of the Royal Academy in London, he showed artistic promise from an early age.
At just fourteen, Calderon won the Trevelyan Goodall Scholarship, followed by a scholarship to the Slade School, where he studied under Professor Alphonse Legros. In April 1895, he co-founded the School of Animal Painting at 54 Baker Street, London, alongside landscape artist Charles Edward Johnson. Calderon served as the school's principal until 1916. Notable students included Cecil Aldin, Lionel Edwards, and Alfred Munnings.
He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1881 and 1921, with his first accepted painting purchased by Queen Victoria herself. In 1936, he published Animal Painting and Anatomy, a book that remains a valued reference for artists to this day.

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