ABOUT THE ARTIST

Fran Williams Wagner was born in 1916 in San Francisco, California, and currently lives and works at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown.  Having an illustrious and prolific career behind her, she was commissioned to do dozens of ceramic, sculptural murals across the country, many of which still stand.  Colorful and vibrant, a few smaller pieces indicative of her ceramic work can be viewed at the Lynden Gallery, along with the working forms in her journals. 

Ms. Wiliams Wagner's art background includes study in Oakland at the California School of Arts and Crafts;, in San Francisco at Rudolf Schaefer School of Design.  In Miami her studies have been with Byron G. Newton and Lee Dickens, and also two years in Miami with Mr. Newton and Lee Dickens, and also two years in Eugene Massin's Studio.  She has studied sculpture with Al Vranan and wood block with Larry Donovan and Carol Summers.

Among her awards are included presentations from Lowe Gallery, Blue Dome, Miami Art League, Ceramic Annual, Design Derby, Tampa State Fair, Florida Craftsmen and Florida Federation of Art.  In Florida she had solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Pinellas Park, Roque Galery II in Coral Gables, Martello Towers in Key West, the Art Center, Miami Beach, and Artists Unlimited in Key West, and in the Sisti Gallery, Buffalo, New York.  Her work was included group shows at The Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, the Norton Gallery in West Palm Beach, and the Syracuse National Ceramic Award Exhibition.

Ms. Williams Wagner held memberships with the Florida Craftsmen, Artist's Equity, Miami Art Center and the American Craftsmen's Council.

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Joaquin Bacardi Home, Santiago de Cuba
Clubhouse, Biscayne Kennel Club, 6 panels, Miami Florida
VIP Room, PAA Clipper Club, Miami International Airport
Ivory Tower, Saxony Hotel, Miami Beach
Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Perrine
Presolite Manufacturing Corporation, Arkansas
Bacardi Pavilion Bar, San Juan, Puerto Rico
First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Key West, Florida
Ryder Penthouse Coconut Grove Bank Building, Miami, Florida
First National Bankd of Pampano Beach, Florida
PAA Administration Building, Miami, Florida
Courthouse Substations, Plantation Key and Marathon Key
Justice Building, Key West, Florida
Transportation Consultants, Inc, Washington DC
Jose' Marti Office Building, Miami, Florida
Furnco Construction Company, Buffalo, New York
Ferre' Florida Corporation, 100 Biscayne Tower, Miami, Florida
Weathertite, Miami, Florida
National Airlines Mural, Rockefeller Center Ticket Office, New York, New York

PARTIAL LISTING OF SMALL PANELS IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Ed Grad, contractor
Eugene Fleischer, contractor
Sam Black, architect
Joe Rentcher, architect
Lowe Art Gallery, Coral Gables
Larry Goldberg, Craftsmen's Village
Bill Amick, Dallas Tile, Texas
Maurice Waldorf, Tamiami Tile, Miami
Ralph Anderson, architect
Frank Garrett, decorator
James Merrick Smith, decorator
Gren Sutter, builder
Dr. and Mrs. Kushner
Dr. and Mrs. Kresberg
Ann Greene
Lee Rice
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Marko
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nevel
Carl Schubert, architect, Wisconsin
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Lipman
Annette Rada
Edna Glaubman, artist
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dennell
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Tatelman
Elizabeth Best, decorator
JD van Attan, Coral Gables
Irving Last
Frank Hemingway
Rober J. Stall, architect, Buffalo, New York

PRESS RELEASES
From the Journals of Fran and Flo: Fran Williams Wagner and Florence Starr Taylor at Lynden Gallery, February, 2007