Frank Mechau - Artist of Colorado by Cile M. Bach, Book, copyright 2016 15485 image size is 14 ½

image size is 14 ½ x 20 inches

The doll alone measures 13 ½ inches

Two have saddled geese

the composition depicts a California desert landscape with mountains in the distance and clouds above

Graphite on paper

Frank Mechau - Artist of Colorado by Cile M. Bach, Book, copyright 2016 15485 image size is 14 ½There are stories scattered throughout human history of rare individuals of remarkable talent, energy, and promise whose lives are unexpectedly and tragically cut short. Artist Frank Mechau was one of these. His artistic career spanned only twenty years, 1926 to 1946, but in the course of those years he produced paintings, murals, and drawings of exceptional potency and poignancy. His work shows influences of the masters he studied, European,