Paulette Frankl

Paulette Frankl

Infobox Person
name = Paulette Frankl


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birth_place = California
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known_for = Courtroom artist
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alma_mater = Stanford
occupation = Artist
nationality = flag|United States

Paulette Frankl is an American courtroom artist.

Biography

Frankl was born in California, and attended Stanford University, where she majored in art and languages.

Frankl exhibited her first artwork in Los Angeles at age 7 in a joint show with her father, Paul T. Frankl, an Art Deco furniture designer and architect. She worked with author Christopher Long, sharing documents, photos and family background for a 2007 biography of her father. [ [http://www.sackheritagegroup.com/articles/articles.php?articleID=158] Milo Naeve Reviews: "Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design] ]

Her courtroom sketches, drawings and paintings from both federal and superior cases have aired on CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, WGN-TV and "Talk America" and have taken her to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Frankl has authored a biography titled "LUST FOR JUSTICE" about J. Tony Serra, a well known radical civil rights attorney and tax resister. [ [http://www.nwtrcc.org/mtap07/mtap0807.html#jail] Jail interview of Tony Serra] The book includes Frankl's original courtroom art of Serra during trial.

Frankl has worked as a photojournalist for international magazines and has lived in both the U.S. and Europe. Her work includes a cover photo on France's "Réalités". [ [http://www.realites.fr/] "Réalités" magazine] Also while overseas, she worked as a staff photographer for Gruner & Jahr's "Twen" and "Eltern" magazines. [ [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category%3AGruner_%2B_Jahr?uselang=de] Staff photographer, Gruner & Jahr] The German "GEO Magazine" in the 1970s profiled Frankl's lifestyle in California [http://www.geo.de/] , and she was also featured in "Sunset" magazine. Her photos are also featured inside and on the cover of "The Lost Dogs of Shoretown: A Koko the Canine Detective Mystery" [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0741428571/ ] Photographer, "The Lost Dogs of Shoretown", by Annie Mack] by Annie Mack about the coastal village of Bolinas, where Frankl lived for nine years and from where she commuted to San Francisco courthouses as a courtroom artist. Frankl also illustrated the 1993 book "Animals... Our Return to Wholeness" by Penelope Smith. [ [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Animals-Our-Return-to-Wholeness/Penelope-A-Smith/e/9780936552101/?itm=1] Illustrator, "Animals... Our Return to Wholeness", by Penelope Smith]

Her paintings were included in 2005 in a two-month-long Las Vegas Art Museum exhibit, titled "XV Santa Fe Artists." [ [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-18-Fri-2005/weekly/26044275.html] Gallery review, "XV Santa Fe Artists," "Las Vegas Review-Journal", March 18, 2005] [ [http://www.lvcitylife.com/articles/2005/03/22/art_page/art.txt] Art review, "Postmodern is so over: New Mexican artists move forward by looking back," "Las Vegas City-Life", March 2005 ] In October 2004, she was a featured artist, with her art on display, at the Las Vegas Fine Arts Salon, as part of the 2004 Las Vegas Book Festival. [ [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Oct-28-Thu-2004/living/25090871.html] Featured artist, Las Vegas Fine Arts Salon]

Frankl also has worked as a performance artist in the fields of magic and pantomime. [ [http://www.magicalwisdom.com/quotes.php] Magical Wisdom site] Her association with Marcel Marceau as collaborator and muse spanned 30 years. Her appearance doing mime and magic at Carnival of Venice in the late 1970s was featured on Italian television. In 2006, she completed the Bob Fitch Performance Workshop Theater Training for Magicians, held in Canada. [ [http://www.fitchmagic.com/bfwphoto.htm] Participant, Theater Training for Magicians by coach Bob Fitch]

She is the daughter of art deco furniture designer Paul T. Frankl [ [http://www.antiquitiesweb.com/designers/paul-t-frankl] Antiquities Web] , granddaughter of a land speculator in Vienna, Austria, and the mother of Nicolas Koenig, [ [http://www.nkadesign.net/bio/bios.html Nicholas Koenig] Official site, Nicolas Koenig] , a creative director for theme parks and interactve game design. Frankl lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Book

*"LUST FOR JUSTICE: J. Tony Serra, A Radical Lawyer in Dangerous Times", by Paulette Frankl with J. Tony Serra (publishing date tba)

External links

* [http://www.pauletteart.com/ Paulette Frankl Official Site]
* [http://www.monitor.net/monitor/rv/9708a-index.html "Bear Lincoln Murder Trial Begins," August 1997, "Albion Monitor"]
* [http://www.monitor.net/monitor/rv/rv9b-evidence.html "Trail of Blood Detailed," September 1997, "Albion Monitor,"]
* [http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime_cut/2002/may/10/c00031825.html "Serra talks with Courtroom Artist Paulette Frankl before start of hearing," May 2002, "Las Vegas Sun"]
* [http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-18-Fri-2005/weekly/26044275.html "Santa Fe' art exhibit opens," May 2005, "Las Vegas Review-Journal"]
* [http://www.vegasvalleybookfest.org/2004/press/opening_night.html Vegas Valley Book Festival]
* [http://cathyscott.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-book-from-courtroom-artist-about.html Blog "Book by Courtroom Artist About Rebel Lawyer"]

References

Further reading

* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0300121024/ "Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design"] , Long, Christopher, May 2007


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