Frank-Boggs was a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His generally small drawings are spontaneous and lively, while his many watercolours, which form an important part of his work, are highly nuanced. A lover of Paris, he painted its many views – quays, buildings and the banks of the Seine – as well as French and foreign ports, the lively markets of small towns in La Rochelle, the Netherlands, Belgium and Venice, in pictures with an identifiable style that were attractive to the public. Between 1906 and 1907, he also made etchings.
Frank-Boggs exhibited until the end of his life at the Salon des Artistes Français, where he received several distinctions, including being placed out-of-competition, and was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1998. In 1885, he exhibited Rough Sea in Honfleur in New York, which won him a prize of 2,500 dollars.
Museum and Gallery Holdings
Boston (MFA): Rough Sea in Honfleur (c. 1885)
Montreal (MBA): Morning Seascape
Mulhouse: View of Paris (watercolour)
Nantes (MBA): Fishing Boats in Trouville
New York: On the Thames (1883)
Niort: Isigny Harbour
Auction Records
Boston, 1883: Place St-Germain, FRF 1,500
Paris, 1897: Isigny, FRF 200; Market, FRF 245
Paris, 1900: The Thames, FRF 620
Paris, 13-14 March 1900: The Thames, FRF 620
Paris, 1-2 Dec 1902: The Pont-Marie (watercolour) FRF 1,800
London, 24 April 1909: On the River, GBP 5
London, 14 May 1909: Fishing Boats at Anchor (drawing) GBP 8; In Rotterdam (drawing) GBP 19
Paris, 1 Dec 1920: The Pont-Marie (watercolour) FRF 1,800
Paris, 20 Nov 1922: The Seine, the Pont des Arts and the Institute, from the Quai Voltaire, FRF 3,010
Paris, 4 June 1928: The Écluse de la Monnaie, FRF 4,000
Paris, 15 Feb 1929: St-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris (watercolour) FRF 1,000
Paris, 28 June 1929: View of Paris, FRF 3,000
Paris, 16-17 May 1939: The Place St-Germain-des-Prés, FRF 1,700
Paris, 5 Nov 1941: Boats Grounded at the Foot of Cliffs (watercolour) FRF 700
Paris, 24 Nov 1941: Sunset at Low Tide (watercolour) FRF 2,000
Paris, 4 Dec 1941: Village by the Sea, FRF 7,800
Paris, 9 March 1942: Boats at Low Tide, Dieppe, FRF 12,500
Paris, 20-21 July 1942: The Tour St-Jacques, FRF 18,000
Paris, 22 Jan 1943: The Place de la Concorde, FRF 26,200
Dordrecht, 27 Jan 1943: Road (watercolour) FRF 9,200
Paris, 22 Feb 1943: Sailing Boats in Harbour, FRF 27,100
New York, 1 Oct 1943: The Seine and the Institute (watercolour) FRF 5,800
New York, 14 Oct 1943: The Pont-Marie (1905) USD 450
New York, 14 Oct 1943: The Pont-Marie (1905) USD 450
Paris, 20 March 1944: Caudebac (watercolour) FRF 4,100; The Pont-Marie, FRF 10,500
Paris, 10 May 1950: Seascape, FRF 31,000
Paris, 28 June 1951: The Seine at the Pont-Marie, FRF 48,000
Paris, 9 June 1954: The Seine at the Quai St-Nicholas, Quai du Louvre, FRF 72,000
Paris, 26 June 1957: The Quays of the Seine, Paris (oil on canvas) FRF 155,000
New York, 14 Jan 1959: View from the Pont des Arts, USD 800
London, 27 Nov 1964: Porte St-Denis, Paris (pastel and watercolour) Gns 280
Paris, 23 Feb 1965: The Seine at the Louvre, FRF 20,000
Paris, 3 May 1967: The Pont-Neuf (watercolour) FRF 4,300
Versailles, 15 Dec 1968: Rouen Harbour, FRF 34,000
Geneva, 8 Nov 1969: View of Malines (watercolour) CHF 8,000
Paris, 1 Dec 1969: The Seine at the Institute, FRF 50,600
London, 19 March 1973: Low Tide in Grandchamp, GBP 2,000
Paris, 30 March 1973: The Seine and Notre-Dame, FRF 38,000
Paris, 30 March 1973: The Seine and Notre-Dame, FRF 38,000
Paris, 13 June 1974: The Seine in Paris, FRF 23,000
Le Havre, 26 March 1976: The Seine at the Louvre (oil on canvas, 23½ × 28¾ ins/60 × 73 cm) FRF 20,500
Paris, 22 Nov 1977: Church of St-Wulfrun, Abbeville (1912, watercolour, 22 × 18 ins/55 × 46 cm) FRF 6,000
Versailles, 7 June 1978: Keep Overlooking a Port (oil on canvas, 35 × 51½ ins/89 × 131 cm) FRF 33,000
London, 6 Dec 1978: The Seine in Paris, Pont Henri IV (watercolour and charcoal, 10¼ × 15¾ ins/26 × 40 cm) GBP 850
Enghien-les-Bains, 9 Dec 1979: Reims Cathedral (1914, watercolour, 17½ × 14¼ ins/44.5 × 36.5 cm) FRF 11,500
Brest, 12 Nov 1982: Notre-Dame in Snow (watercolour, 13¾ × 17 ins/35 × 43 cm) FRF 7,050
Versailles, 18 March 1984: Windmills near Dordrecht (1902, watercolour, 10¼ × 15¾ ins/26 × 40 cm) FRF 16,000
New York, 1 June 1984: View of the Seine in Paris (oil on canvas, 24 × 29 ins/61 × 73.7 cm) USD 7,000
London, 25 June 1985: The Quais des Grands-Augustins, Paris (oil on canvas, 25¾ × 31¾ ins/65.4 × 80.6 cm) GBP 18,000
Enghien-les-Bains, 24 Nov 1985: The Port of Le Havre in Snow (watercolour, 12½ × 15¾ ins/32 × 40 cm) FRF 30,000
Calais, 8 Nov 1987: Market Square (1906, watercolour, 19¼ × 11½ ins/49 × 29 cm) FRF 21,000; View of Notre-Dame and the Île de la Cité (oil on canvas) FRF 100,000
Paris, 11 Dec 1987: Sailing Boats in the Harbour of Honfleur (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 25½ ins/54 × 65 cm) FRF 25,000
Paris, 17 Feb 1988: The Moulin de la Galette; The Flower Market at the Conciergerie (oil on canvas, pendants, each 47¼ × 22 ins/120 × 55 cm) FRF 78,000
Paris, 26 Feb 1988: Landscape with Church (watercolour and charcoal, 10 × 15½ ins/25.5 × 39.5 cm) FRF 7,000
Calais, 28 Feb 1988: Rouen Harbour (oil on canvas, 13 × 22 ins/33 × 55 cm) FRF 45,000
Neuilly, 9 March 1988: Sailing Boats in a Light Breeze (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 32¼ ins/54 × 82 cm) FRF 30,000
Paris, 18 March 1988: The Pont-Neuf, Paris (oil on canvas, 23½ × 28¾ ins/60 × 73 cm) FRF 165,000
Paris, 15 April 1988: Marseilles, Entrance to the Port, with the Cathedral and St John’s Castle on the Right (oil on canvas, 28¼ × 35¾ ins/72 × 91 cm) FRF 140,000
London, 18 May 1988: View of Martigues (1921, watercolour and charcoal, 10¼ × 15¼ ins/26 × 39 cm) GBP 2,860
New York, 26 May 1988: The Louvre and the Arc du Caroussel (oil on canvas, 24 × 29 ins/60.9 × 73.7 cm) USD 11,000
Versailles, 15 June 1988: The Pont-Neuf and the Cité, Paris (watercolour, 19¾ × 31½ ins/50 × 80 cm) FRF 57,000
Calais, 3 July 1988: Ancient Street in Lisieux (oil on canvas, 18½ × 22 ins/47 × 56 cm) FRF 52,000
New York, 30 Sept 1988: Honfleur (1898, oil on canvas, 12½ × 18 ins/31.8 × 45.5 cm) USD 5,500
Versailles, 23 Oct 1988: Sailing Boats in Dordrecht (watercolour, 11¾ × 15¾ ins/30 × 40 cm) FRF 25,200
Calais, 13 Nov 1988: Sailing Boats at Sea (oil on canvas, 15¼ × 22 ins/39 × 55 cm) FRF 52,000
Paris, 12 Feb 1989: The Seine and Notre-Dame, Paris (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 28¾ ins/54 × 73 cm) FRF 150,000
Paris, 15 Feb 1989: The Pont de Notre-Dame, Paris (watercolour and charcoal, 10 × 15½ ins/25.5 × 39.5 cm) FRF 22,500
Paris, 22 March 1989: The Cathedral and the Rue St-Leu, Amiens (watercolour, 15¾ × 12½ ins/40 × 32 cm) FRF 25,000
Paris, 7 April 1989: Returning from Fishing (oil on canvas, 19¾ × 25½ ins/50 × 65 cm) FRF 95,000
Lyons, 27 April 1989: Church in Paris (oil on canvas, 12½ × 15¾ ins/32 × 40 cm) FRF 50,000
New York, 3 May 1989: Low Tide in Grandcamp (1882, oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38.4 × 55 cm, ¾ ins/2 cm) USD 33,300
la Varenne-St-Hilaire, 21 May 1989: Sailing Boats at Sea, Grandcamp (1899, watercolour, 15¾ × 22¾ ins/40 × 58 cm) FRF 19,500
Paris, 11 Oct 1989: Beaumont-le-Roger (1904, graphite and watercolour, 16¼ × 9¾ ins/41 × 25 cm) FRF 15,000
New York, 18 Oct 1989: The Pont St-Michel (1922, oil on canvas, 29 × 36 ins/73.6 × 91.4 cm) USD 49,500
Paris, 9 Dec 1989: Port of Marseilles (oil on canvas, 19 × 25½ ins/48.5 × 65 cm) FRF 120,000
Calais, 4 March 1990: Bank of the Seine, Paris (oil on canvas, 13 × 18 ins/33 × 46 cm) FRF 63,000
Paris, 3 April 1990: The Pont-Neuf (watercolour, 12½ × 18 ins/32 × 46 cm) FRF 25,100
Paris, 5 July 1990: Beach in Trouville (watercolour, 11 × 15¾ ins/27 × 40 cm) FRF 15,000
New York, 27 Sept 1990: The Pont-Royal (oil on canvas, 15¼ × 22 ins/38.5 × 55 cm) USD 7,700
New York, 29 Nov 1990: Dieppe (1881, oil on canvas, 23 × 32 ins/58.4 × 81.3 cm) USD 12,100
Paris, 25 March 1991: The Seine and the Hôtel de Ville, Paris (oil on canvas, 15 × 22 ins/38 × 56 cm) FRF 65,000
Paris, 15 April 1991: Honfleur (1921, watercolour, 19 × 22 ins/48 × 55 cm) FRF 56,000
London, 3 Dec 1991: The Port of Marseilles (oil on canvas, 22 × 44 ins/55 × 112 cm) GBP 17,600
Le Touquet, 8 Nov 1992: The Pont-Neuf, Paris (watercolour, 12½ × 18 ins/32 × 46 cm) FRF 18,000
New York, 27 May 1993: Banks of the Seine (oil on canvas, 25½ × 32 ins/64.8 × 81.3 cm) USD 17,250
Paris, 14 June 1993: Sailing Boat off Honfleur (1884, oil on canvas, 32 × 21 ins/81 × 53.5 cm) FRF 50,000
Paris, 29 April 1994: The Seine in Paris (1915, watercolour, 11 × 14¼ ins/28 × 36.5 cm) FRF 11,000
New York, 25 May 1994: Paris Street Scene (1878, oil on canvas, 38 × 59 ins/96.5 × 149.9 cm) USD 37,375
Royan, 16 July 1994: The Seine at the Hôtel de Ville, Paris (1884, oil on canvas, 52¾ × 72¾ ins/134 × 185 cm) FRF 470,000
Paris, 19 Feb 1996: Rotterdam (watercolour and charcoal, 11 × 13¾ ins/27 × 35 cm) FRF 5,300
Calais, 24 March 1996: The Seine and the Louvre, Paris (watercolour, 10¼ × 15¾ ins/26 × 40 cm) FRF 14,000
New York, 23 May 1996: Boats in the Harbour of Dordrecht with the Cathedral in the Background (oil on canvas, 15¼ × 22 ins/38.5 × 56 cm) USD 19,550
Paris, 5 June 1996: View of Paris, Second-hand Booksellers (1904, oil on canvas, 21¼ × 32 ins/54 × 81 cm) FRF 47,000
New York, 26 Sept 1996: View of the Seine, Paris (1898, oil on canvas, 22 × 32 ins/55.9 × 81.3 cm) USD 17,250
Paris, 16 Oct 1996: Tugs on the Seine, the Pont-Royal and the Pavillon de Flore, Paris (watercolour, 10¾ × 18 ins/27.5 × 46 cm) FRF 15,000
London, 23 Oct 1996: Street Scene (watercolour and charcoal/paper, 15¾ × 11 ins/40 × 27 cm) GBP 977
Paris, 12 Dec 1996: View of the Square, Bruges (watercolour, 12½ × 15¾ ins/32 × 40 cm) FRF 6,800
Paris, 20 Jan 1997: The Pont St-Benezet, Avignon (wash, 9 × 13½ ins/22 × 34 cm) FRF 3,500; Three-master in Le Havre (oil on canvas, 32 × 21¼ ins/81 × 54 cm) FRF 120,000
Paris, 26 May 1997: The Seine at Conflans Ste-Honorine (watercolour/paper, 10¼ × 15¾ ins/26 × 40 cm) FRF 6,800
Paris, 17 Oct 1997: Returning from Fishing in Normandy (oil on canvas, 17¾ × 25½ ins/45 × 65 cm) FRF 20,100
Paris, 19 Dec 1997: View of the Seine at the Pont-Neuf with the Île de la Cité and the Louvre (1898, oil on canvas, 19¾ × 25½ ins/50 × 64.5 cm) FRF 55,000
Paris, 16 March 1998: The Seine and Notre-Dame, Quai de la Rapée (watercolour, 5¼ × 9¾ ins/13.5 × 25 cm) FRF 9,000
Paris, 22 June 1999: Quays on the Seine, Paris (oil on canvas, 24 × 29 ins/60 × 74 cm) FRF 80,000
New York, 1 Dec 1999: Ship at Harbour (1882, oil on canvas, 22 × 15 ins/56 × 38 cm) USD 17,000
New York, 15 June 2000: Port (oil on canvas, 19 × 26 ins/49 × 65 cm) USD 24,000
New York, 15 Dec 2000: Paris, le Moulin de la Galette (oil on canvas, 22 × 15 ins/55 × 38 cm) USD 45,000
New York, 24 May 2001: The Seine, Paris (oil on canvas, 21 × 26 ins/54 × 65 cm) USD 21,000
New York, 13 June 2001: Port of Marseilles (oil on canvas, 19 × 24 ins/49 × 60 cm) USD 17,000
London, 21 March 2002: The Seine, Quai Henri IV, Paris (oil on canvas, 13 × 18 ins/32 × 45 cm) GBP 12,000
Paris, 15 Nov 2002: The Seine and the Pont Neuf, Paris (oil on canvas, 26 × 32 ins/65 × 81 cm) EUR 13,000
Paris, 9 Dec 2003: Église St-Medard, Paris (oil on canvas, 28 × 38 ins/72 × 96 cm) EUR 10,000
Paris, 9 Dec 2003: Quai Henri IV, Paris (oil on canvas, 24 × 32 ins/60 × 81 cm) EUR 17,000
Versailles, 29 Feb 2004: Notre-Dame, Paris (oil on canvas, 28 × 35 ins/70 × 90 cm) EUR 14,000
New York, 11 March 2004: The Seine and Notre-Dame (1899, oil on board, 13 × 16 ins/33 × 41 cm) USD 12,000
