Lucien Frank was born in Brussels on November 10, 1857. He received his artistic training in France. He was taught there by Daubigny, among others.
From 1890 he worked a lot in the region of Tervuren, where he settled for a while. But the Belgian coast and sites in the Netherlands also attracted his interest.
He left Belgium at the outbreak of the 1st World War. During this stay abroad, which took him to France and Spain, his wife died.
Once back in Belgium, he found a new home in Ohain in 1919, together with his son Paul. Barely a few months after moving into his home, he died suddenly on January 19, 1920.
He had a clear realistic style with a refined impressionist touch.
Sources: de rode Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars, 1750-1950 and www.lucienfrank.be
