Frank Mechau - Artist of Colorado by Cile M. Bach, Book, copyright 2016 15485 Rendered in colors of black

Rendered in colors of black and yellow

22 faceted seed beads in shades of light blue

Painted in a primitive or naïve style

Acrylic and crayon on board

The doll alone measures 13 ½ inches

Frank Mechau - Artist of Colorado by Cile M. Bach, Book, copyright 2016 15485 Rendered in colors of blackThere 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,