Frank A Wootton (1914 – 1998)

Frank Wootton studied at the Eastbourne School of Art in 1930 where he gained the Gold Medal and the Travelling Scholarship. After this he travelled for some time, visiting the six continents and painting in more than fifty countries.

During World War 11, Wootton was appointed an Official War Artist to the Royal Air Force. He is well known for his meticulous and wonderfully detailed drawings of aeroplanes and cars, being the author of two studio publications, ‘Drawing Aircraft’ and ‘How to Draw Cars’. He is one of the few people who has ever achieved such extraordinary ability in depicting these subjects in minute detail.

Frank Wootton is also celebrated for his talented landscape painting, capturing the particular charm and atmosphere of each country he paints.  His works are represented in the permanent collections of the Imperial War Museum, the de Havilland collection; Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Command Headquarters, and the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne. Reproductions of many of his works have been published by many periodicals both at home and abroad.

He has exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Society of Marine Artists, as well as in Paris and New York. He is also a Member of many well known societies, often acting in an Official capacity, including being a past President of the Society of Aviation Artists.
He was also an extraordinary equestrian artist, his love of horses was unparalleled and he became Vice-President of the Society or Equestrian Artists.

The subject and author of many publication, his most recent book, The Landscape Paintings of Frank Wootton’ was published in 1989 with great success.