Rose Frantzen

Rose Frantzen has an established history as a working artist, exhibiting fgurative, representational, and allegorical works in oil and multimedia in galleries across the country, including the Old City Hall Gallery, which she established in her hometown of Maquoketa, Iowa. She has had numerous one woman shows and participated in many group shows in galleries and museums throughout the United States. "Portrait of Maquoketa," a collection of 180 portraits that she painted of her townspeople, was exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. The project now includes a panoramic landscape of Maquoketa painted on 34 suspended panels and is part of the Figge Art Museum's permanent collection.

Frantzen is a frequent demonstrator, workshop instructor, guest lecturer, and panelist discussing art and the artist's life in the 21st century at museums and national art conventions, and her paintings have been featured in national and international art magazines, podcasts, and journals. Her latest project, "In the Face of Illusion," is a 4x70 foot wall of contiguous portraits and fgures that are painted in dialogue with optical illusions. Her work can be found online at RoseFrantzen.com.

SOURCE - https://www.scottsdaleartschool.org/artists/157-rose-frantzen/ (Sept 2025)