Joseph Frank Currier

{{Short description|American painter}}

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| name = Joseph Frank Currier

| image = Frank Duveneck - J. Frank Currier (1843-1909) - 1917.263 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg

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| caption = Portrait of Currier by Frank Duveneck

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| birth_date = 1843

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = 1909

| death_place = Waltham or Waverley, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| occupation = Painter

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| relatives = Bertram Currier (son)

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Joseph Frank Currier, also known as J. Frank Currier, (1843-1909) was an American painter from Boston, Massachusetts. He was associated with the Munich School, and a co-founder of the Society of American Artists.{{cite journal |title=J. Frank Currier |journal=American Art News |date=January 23, 1909 |volume=7 |issue=15 |page=6 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25590405 |access-date=2 March 2024}} He committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. His work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum,{{cite web |title=Joseph Frank Currier |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/1410/objects |website=Brooklyn Museum |access-date=2 March 2024}} the Cincinnati Art Museum,{{cite web |title=Study of a Cow |url=https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/explore-the-collection?id=22718405&title=Study-of-a-Cow |website=Cincinnati Art Museum |access-date=2 March 2024}} the Harvard Art Museums,{{cite web |title=J. Frank Currier |url=https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/person/34292 |website=Harvard Art Museums |access-date=2 March 2024}} the Philadelphia Museum of Art,{{cite web |title=J. Frank Currier |url=https://philamuseum.org/search/collections?filters=%7B%22artist%22%3A%5B%22J.%20Frank%20Currier%22%5D%7D |website=Philadelphia Museum of Art |access-date=2 March 2024}} and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.{{cite web |title=J. Frank Currier |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/j-frank-currier-1079 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=2 March 2024}}

File:Joseph Frank Currier - Still life with fish and oranges.jpg