Franklin Brooke Voss (1880–1953) was an American

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Biography

Franklin Brooke Voss was born in New York City in 1880. He attended the

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, where George Bridgman was his teacher. He was commissioned paintings by the Whitneys, Riddles, Vanderbilts, Phippses, Wideners, and Willis Sharpe Kilmer. He painted Man o' War, Equipoise, Seabiscuit, War Admiral,

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and Whirlaway. Some of his work can be found at the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida.Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame website, Introduction
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Bibliography

*Peter Winants, ''The Sporting Art of Franklin B. Voss'' (

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, 2005)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Voss, Franklin Brooke 1880 births 1953 deaths Painters from New York City Art Students League of New York alumni 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists