Ronald Francis

{{Short description|Australian artist}}

{{Other people|Ron Francis}}

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| birth_name = Ronald Malcolm Francis

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| birth_place = Stanmore, Sydney, Australia

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| nationality = Australian

| field = Trompe-l'œil / Fine Art

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Ron Francis is an artist who paints in a trompe-l'œil style. He was born Ronald Malcolm Francis in Stanmore, Sydney, Australia in September 1954.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/06/14/1118645804242.html|newspaper=The Age|title=Just take the plunge|author=Ashley Crawford|date=15 June 2005}}

In 1974 he moved to Melbourne, Australia where he exhibited with Profile Gallery and later with MCA (Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery). Around 1988 he began painting trompe-l'œil murals in affiliation with a company called 'Fresco Site Specific Art'.

He moved to South Australia in 1991 and continued to paint trompe-l'œil murals until 2005 when, motivated by illness, he stopped taking commissions and returned to exhibiting fine art. Since 2010 he has been living in Tasmania.

Published in: Trompe L'Oeil Today, written by Ursula E. and Martin Benad.

The book was originally published in German under the title Illusionsmalerei Heute.