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Frank Wilbert Stokes

Name
Frank Wilbert Stokes
Also Known as
Frank W. Stokes
Frank Stokes
F. W. Stokes
Born
Nashville, Tennessee
Died
New York, New York
born Nashville, TN 1858-died New York City 1955
Nationalities
American
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Works by This Artist (35 items)

Media - 1973.130.87 - SAAM-1973.130.87_1 - 46815

An Arctic Cathedral

Henry Wolf
Frank Wilbert Stokes
1893
wood engraving on paper
Media - 1955.4.37A - SAAM-1955.4.37A_1 - 76439

Untitled (Landscape Scene)

Frank Wilbert Stokes
oil on canvas
Media - 1954.7.9 - SAAM-1954.7.9_1 - 76426

Sunrise Glow on the Cliffs, Bowdoin Bay

Frank Wilbert Stokes
1893
oil on wood
Media - 1950.8.27 - SAAM-1950.8.27_1 - 76424

South Point, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, October 2, 1893

Frank Wilbert Stokes
1893
oil on canvas
Media - 1950.8.12 - SAAM-1950.8.12_1 - 52843

The Eighth of March – Island Ice, Greenland, 1894, Peary and…

Frank Wilbert Stokes
1893
oil on canvas
Media - 1954.7.109 - SAAM-1954.7.109_1 - 76432

The Mountains of Tierra del Fuego, Beagle Channel

Frank Wilbert Stokes
1902
oil on canvas
Media - 1955.4.15 - SAAM-1955.4.15_1 - 52664

Moonlight Gold – Head of Bowdoin Bay, Greenland 1894

Frank Wilbert Stokes
1915
chalk on paper
Media - 1954.7.129 - SAAM-1954.7.129_1 - 76463

Moonlight, Atlantic Ocean

Frank Wilbert Stokes
1903
oil on canvas
Media - 1955.4.12 - SAAM-1955.4.12_1 - 52661

Iceberg – Summer Arctic

Frank Wilbert Stokes
1915
chalk on paper
Media - 1955.4.11 - SAAM-1955.4.11_1 - 52660

Arctic Iceberg – Spring ​’94, Perry Greenland

Frank Wilbert Stokes
n.d.
chalk on paper
Media - 1950.8.16 - SAAM-1950.8.16_1 - 65252

An Innuit Encampment

Frank Wilbert Stokes
oil on canvas
Media - 1950.8.1 - SAAM-1950.8.1_1 - 122999

Return of Byrd and Bennett from North Pole

Frank Wilbert Stokes
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