Miss Mary Jett Franklin, Athens Artist, Dies at her Home Here
After a long and successful career as an Artist, Miss Mary Jett Franklin died suddenly at her home, 625 Reese street here Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Miss Franklin was eighty-six years of age. She was a native of Athens having lived here all but thirty years of the eight-six, the former being spent in Paris where she studied and taught Art. Miss Franklin has no immediate relatives.
Some of Miss Frankin's work is on exhibition at the Woman's Building, State College of Agriculture here. Two portraits, done by her at the University Library, one of Chancellor Emerius David C Barrow and one of George Peabody, the philanthropist and founder of the educational fund that resulted in the establishment of Peabody College, Nashville and numerous buildings, among them the Education Building, University of Georgia.
Funeral services will be held from St Joseph's Catholic church here Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Franklin was a member of the St Joseph's church. The services will be conducted by Father King. Interment will be in Oconee cemetery. McDorman-Bidges funeral home in charge. The pallbearers will be Messrs R L Moss, Linton Gerdine, James Barrow, John N Carlton, Thomas P Stanley, Jr, Howell Erwin.
Praised By Critics
In a recent article on Miss Franklin, written by a fellow Artist, Miss Laura Blackshear, she was characterized as a woman of "delightful personality, independent in thought and action and young in spirit. Her academic art training was received at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, after which she spent 21 years in Paris studying under such masters as Louis Dechamps, Jean Geoffrey, Raphael Collin, Henri Morriset and Caro del Viey."
Among the portraits of Athenians painted by Miss Franklin in addition to that of Chancellor Barrow is one of E B Mell, principal of the Athens High School, which was presented the school by a recent graduating class.
A French art critic, Clement Morro, after studing Miss Franklin's canvasses exposed in the Salon of the Orientalists declared: "I see in them a gread deal of daring, boldness, movement, color and light. It is indisputable that the talent of this artist proceeds with greatest sincerity, and also great freshness of vision, to which invaluable qualities are added a fine technique and a facture personnel."
Pierroe van Passeen, the columnist, and critic formerly with The New York Evening World said of Miss Franklin "direct flashes from nature, untrammeled and unadorned, glowing with a deeper brilliance than mere superimposed accentuation of color, deep and rich with a subdued and natural glow, Miss Franklin's painting have enriched not only her native town, but Georgia and the whole United States."
Banner-Herald, Feb 13, 1928 ~ pages 1 & 3
Mary Jett Franklin was an artist of international fame from the 1880s until her death in 1928. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) in Philadelphia and exhibited frequently in their student shows. In 1889 she left Athens for Europe, where she settled in Paris to receive extensive art training at the Academie Collarossi. Her studio was located on Rue Monteparnasse in Paris, where she supported herself by selling her art works. She never married. Her estate was left to the University of Georgia, and funded the organ in the UGA Chapel in 1929 and the establishment of the College of Music. The Georgia Museum of Art has five of her paintings in its collection.
After a long and successful career as an Artist, Miss Mary Jett Franklin died suddenly at her home, 625 Reese street here Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Miss Franklin was eighty-six years of age. She was a native of Athens having lived here all but thirty years of the eight-six, the former being spent in Paris where she studied and taught Art. Miss Franklin has no immediate relatives.
Some of Miss Frankin's work is on exhibition at the Woman's Building, State College of Agriculture here. Two portraits, done by her at the University Library, one of Chancellor Emerius David C Barrow and one of George Peabody, the philanthropist and founder of the educational fund that resulted in the establishment of Peabody College, Nashville and numerous buildings, among them the Education Building, University of Georgia.
Funeral services will be held from St Joseph's Catholic church here Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Franklin was a member of the St Joseph's church. The services will be conducted by Father King. Interment will be in Oconee cemetery. McDorman-Bidges funeral home in charge. The pallbearers will be Messrs R L Moss, Linton Gerdine, James Barrow, John N Carlton, Thomas P Stanley, Jr, Howell Erwin.
Praised By Critics
In a recent article on Miss Franklin, written by a fellow Artist, Miss Laura Blackshear, she was characterized as a woman of "delightful personality, independent in thought and action and young in spirit. Her academic art training was received at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, after which she spent 21 years in Paris studying under such masters as Louis Dechamps, Jean Geoffrey, Raphael Collin, Henri Morriset and Caro del Viey."
Among the portraits of Athenians painted by Miss Franklin in addition to that of Chancellor Barrow is one of E B Mell, principal of the Athens High School, which was presented the school by a recent graduating class.
A French art critic, Clement Morro, after studing Miss Franklin's canvasses exposed in the Salon of the Orientalists declared: "I see in them a gread deal of daring, boldness, movement, color and light. It is indisputable that the talent of this artist proceeds with greatest sincerity, and also great freshness of vision, to which invaluable qualities are added a fine technique and a facture personnel."
Pierroe van Passeen, the columnist, and critic formerly with The New York Evening World said of Miss Franklin "direct flashes from nature, untrammeled and unadorned, glowing with a deeper brilliance than mere superimposed accentuation of color, deep and rich with a subdued and natural glow, Miss Franklin's painting have enriched not only her native town, but Georgia and the whole United States."
Banner-Herald, Feb 13, 1928 ~ pages 1 & 3
Mary Jett Franklin was an artist of international fame from the 1880s until her death in 1928. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) in Philadelphia and exhibited frequently in their student shows. In 1889 she left Athens for Europe, where she settled in Paris to receive extensive art training at the Academie Collarossi. Her studio was located on Rue Monteparnasse in Paris, where she supported herself by selling her art works. She never married. Her estate was left to the University of Georgia, and funded the organ in the UGA Chapel in 1929 and the establishment of the College of Music. The Georgia Museum of Art has five of her paintings in its collection.
Miss Mary Jett Franklin, Athens Artist, Dies at her Home Here
After a long and successful career as an Artist, Miss Mary Jett Franklin died suddenly at her home, 625 Reese street here Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Miss Franklin was eighty-six years of age. She was a native of Athens having lived here all but thirty years of the eight-six, the former being spent in Paris where she studied and taught Art. Miss Franklin has no immediate relatives.
Some of Miss Frankin's work is on exhibition at the Woman's Building, State College of Agriculture here. Two portraits, done by her at the University Library, one of Chancellor Emerius David C Barrow and one of George Peabody, the philanthropist and founder of the educational fund that resulted in the establishment of Peabody College, Nashville and numerous buildings, among them the Education Building, University of Georgia.
Funeral services will be held from St Joseph's Catholic church here Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Franklin was a member of the St Joseph's church. The services will be conducted by Father King. Interment will be in Oconee cemetery. McDorman-Bidges funeral home in charge. The pallbearers will be Messrs R L Moss, Linton Gerdine, James Barrow, John N Carlton, Thomas P Stanley, Jr, Howell Erwin.
Praised By Critics
In a recent article on Miss Franklin, written by a fellow Artist, Miss Laura Blackshear, she was characterized as a woman of "delightful personality, independent in thought and action and young in spirit. Her academic art training was received at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, after which she spent 21 years in Paris studying under such masters as Louis Dechamps, Jean Geoffrey, Raphael Collin, Henri Morriset and Caro del Viey."
Among the portraits of Athenians painted by Miss Franklin in addition to that of Chancellor Barrow is one of E B Mell, principal of the Athens High School, which was presented the school by a recent graduating class.
A French art critic, Clement Morro, after studing Miss Franklin's canvasses exposed in the Salon of the Orientalists declared: "I see in them a gread deal of daring, boldness, movement, color and light. It is indisputable that the talent of this artist proceeds with greatest sincerity, and also great freshness of vision, to which invaluable qualities are added a fine technique and a facture personnel."
Pierroe van Passeen, the columnist, and critic formerly with The New York Evening World said of Miss Franklin "direct flashes from nature, untrammeled and unadorned, glowing with a deeper brilliance than mere superimposed accentuation of color, deep and rich with a subdued and natural glow, Miss Franklin's painting have enriched not only her native town, but Georgia and the whole United States."
Banner-Herald, Feb 13, 1928 ~ pages 1 & 3
Mary Jett Franklin was an artist of international fame from the 1880s until her death in 1928. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) in Philadelphia and exhibited frequently in their student shows. In 1889 she left Athens for Europe, where she settled in Paris to receive extensive art training at the Academie Collarossi. Her studio was located on Rue Monteparnasse in Paris, where she supported herself by selling her art works. She never married. Her estate was left to the University of Georgia, and funded the organ in the UGA Chapel in 1929 and the establishment of the College of Music. The Georgia Museum of Art has five of her paintings in its collection.
After a long and successful career as an Artist, Miss Mary Jett Franklin died suddenly at her home, 625 Reese street here Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Miss Franklin was eighty-six years of age. She was a native of Athens having lived here all but thirty years of the eight-six, the former being spent in Paris where she studied and taught Art. Miss Franklin has no immediate relatives.
Some of Miss Frankin's work is on exhibition at the Woman's Building, State College of Agriculture here. Two portraits, done by her at the University Library, one of Chancellor Emerius David C Barrow and one of George Peabody, the philanthropist and founder of the educational fund that resulted in the establishment of Peabody College, Nashville and numerous buildings, among them the Education Building, University of Georgia.
Funeral services will be held from St Joseph's Catholic church here Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Miss Franklin was a member of the St Joseph's church. The services will be conducted by Father King. Interment will be in Oconee cemetery. McDorman-Bidges funeral home in charge. The pallbearers will be Messrs R L Moss, Linton Gerdine, James Barrow, John N Carlton, Thomas P Stanley, Jr, Howell Erwin.
Praised By Critics
In a recent article on Miss Franklin, written by a fellow Artist, Miss Laura Blackshear, she was characterized as a woman of "delightful personality, independent in thought and action and young in spirit. Her academic art training was received at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, after which she spent 21 years in Paris studying under such masters as Louis Dechamps, Jean Geoffrey, Raphael Collin, Henri Morriset and Caro del Viey."
Among the portraits of Athenians painted by Miss Franklin in addition to that of Chancellor Barrow is one of E B Mell, principal of the Athens High School, which was presented the school by a recent graduating class.
A French art critic, Clement Morro, after studing Miss Franklin's canvasses exposed in the Salon of the Orientalists declared: "I see in them a gread deal of daring, boldness, movement, color and light. It is indisputable that the talent of this artist proceeds with greatest sincerity, and also great freshness of vision, to which invaluable qualities are added a fine technique and a facture personnel."
Pierroe van Passeen, the columnist, and critic formerly with The New York Evening World said of Miss Franklin "direct flashes from nature, untrammeled and unadorned, glowing with a deeper brilliance than mere superimposed accentuation of color, deep and rich with a subdued and natural glow, Miss Franklin's painting have enriched not only her native town, but Georgia and the whole United States."
Banner-Herald, Feb 13, 1928 ~ pages 1 & 3
Mary Jett Franklin was an artist of international fame from the 1880s until her death in 1928. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) in Philadelphia and exhibited frequently in their student shows. In 1889 she left Athens for Europe, where she settled in Paris to receive extensive art training at the Academie Collarossi. Her studio was located on Rue Monteparnasse in Paris, where she supported herself by selling her art works. She never married. Her estate was left to the University of Georgia, and funded the organ in the UGA Chapel in 1929 and the establishment of the College of Music. The Georgia Museum of Art has five of her paintings in its collection.
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