Dominican University to Host Art Exhibit of Renowned Local Artist's Drawings
An exhibit of 40 drawings by Franklin McMahon, a longtime Oak Park resident, whose work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune Magazine, Life, Look and more.
A Former Oak Park resident will get an in-depth exhibit of his work at Dominican University this month. Franklin McMahon first contributed drawing to Fenwick High School's student newspaper. As a B-17 navigator in World War II, McMahon was shot down over Germany and spend the last few months of the war in a prison camp. At the camp, he would draw his guards when paper was available. Upon returning from the war, McMahon used funds from the GI Bill to attend school at the Institute of Design in Chicago and enrolled in night classes at the American Academy of Art and the School of the Art Institute. McMahon would go on to document some of the world's most significant events for publications like the Chicago Tribune Magazine, Life magazine, …
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9:53 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
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