Franklin Booth
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[[Image:Franklin_Booth.jpg|thumb|Franklin Booth]]
'''Franklin Booth''', born 1874 and raised in [[Indiana]], was an [[artist]] who worked mainly with [[ink]] and a [[pen]]. His works are composed of thousands of lines, whose careful positioning next to one another determine the density and shade of that particular region. His unusual technique was the result of a misunderstanding: As a boy, Booth scrupulously copied magazine illustrations which he thought were pen and ink drawings. In fact, they were wood engravings.<ref>Reed, Walt and Roger, ''The Illustrator in America 1880-1980'', page 89. Madison Square Press, Inc., 1984.</ref>
Booth was primarily a commercial artist and his works have been used in [[Harpers]], [[The Century Magazine]], [[Everybody's Magazine]], [[McClure's]], [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]], [[Redbook]], [[Good Housekeeping]], [[ House & Garden (magazine)|House & Garden]], [[Ladies Home Journal]] and others.
Despite the laboriousness of his technique, Booth's compositions were characterised by a grand sense of space. As a result, his drawings were often well-matched to poetic or editorial entries.<ref>Reed, 1984, p. 89.</ref> A book of his drawings was published in 1925.
==Legacy==
[[Roy Krenkel]] cited Booth as an influence and has dedicated some of his paintings to him.
==References==
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[[Image:The_New_House_by_Franklin_Booth.jpg|thumb|''The New House'' by Booth, originally an illustration for a poem in ''Good Housekeeping'']]
== External links ==
*[http://www.bpib.com/booth.htm A biography of Booth]<br>
*[http://www.fleskpublications.com/galleries/booth/ A gallery of Booth's works]
*[http://www.auadpublishing.com/gallery/sp_booth1.htm Another gallery of Booth's illustrations]
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