Hannah Frank [also known as 'Al Aaraaf'] was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 23 August 1908 and was the daughter of Russian Jewish émigrés. She studied moral philosophy and Latin at the University of Glasgow from where she graduated in 1930. She also attended Jordanhill Teacher Training College in Glasgow, and, at various times, took evening classes at Glasgow School of Art. Between 1930 and 1939 she taught at schools in Glasgow In 1929 she was awarded the GSA Evening Class Prize for her drawing Sorcery, and in 1934, the James McBey Prize for wood engraving. The influence of the 'Spook' school of Glasgow artists, and, possibly Aubrey Beardsley, is evident in many of her drawings. Frank signed several of her early drawings ‘Al Aaraaf’.

Text source: Art History Research net (AHR net)


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