Rose Frantzen 1965 | American Fantastic Realist Symbolist painter

American painter Rose Frantzen was born and raised in the community of Maquoketa, a city of about 6000 people in east-central Iowa. Ms. Frantzen trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. She also studied at Chicagos Palette and Chisel Academy and at the Lyme Academy of Arts in Connecticut. She has worked under the mentorship of Richard Schmid and made painting tours of Australia, Guatemala, Mexico and Russia.