Frank Milton Armington Art

Frank Milton Armington was a Canadian-born and raised artist who lived most of his adult life in France. He was born in Fordwich, Ontario, on July 28, 1876. Armington studied art in Ontario from 1892–99. He also met his future wife, Caroline Wilkinson, during this time. In 1899, Armington made his first visit to Paris. While in Paris, he married Caroline Wilkinson and continued to study art, this time at the Académie Julian. Armington and his wife moved back to Canada in 1900, where he became a founding member and vice president of the Manitoba Society of Artists. Armington returned to Paris and lived there from 1905–39. Toward the end of his life, he and his wife moved to New York City. Caroline died soon after the move, and Armington remarried in 1940. Armington died in New York City in 1941. Throughout his career, Armington worked in a number of mediums, including etching 221 prints and a number of lithographs.