Frank Hamilton
Frank Hamilton was a ceramist before becoming primarily an abstract expressionist painter in the 1960s. There is virtually no documentation of his early career as a ceramist.
He painted flat, two-dimensional canvases with ...
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Frank Hamilton was a ceramist before becoming primarily an abstract expressionist painter in the 1960s. There is virtually no documentation of his early career as a ceramist.
He painted flat, two-dimensional canvases with bright acrylic paints. His paintings are often compared to Miro and Kandinsky.
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" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1940s
Stateside Navy Flight Instructor and Torpedo Bomber Pilot, Composite Squadron 21 (WWII)
1950sTeacher, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
Other
- Bibliography
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Hamlin, Jesse. "Frank O. Hamilton, San Francisco painter, dies at 92." SF Gate Online, Nov. 17, 2015.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Frank Hamilton, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/frank-hamilton
