Frank Knox Morton Rehn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States marine painter
Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1848
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 07-Jul-1914
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Frank Knox Morton Rehn
- Frank Knox Morton Rehn (April 12, 1848 – July 7, 1914) was an American marine painter and president of the Salmagundi Club.
- Born in Philadelphia, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he studied under Christian Schussele.
- For several years, he then painted portraits in Philadelphia.
- Using money earned in Philadelphia, he moved to the coast of New Jersey, where he began doing marine paintings.
- In 1881, he married Margaret Selby.
- They moved to the Hotel Chelsea in New York City where, with other artists, he kept a studio on the top floor.In 1882, he was awarded the first prize for marine painting at the St.
- Louis Exposition.
- In 1885, he received the first prize at the water color exhibition of the American Art Association, and in 1886 he won a gold medal at the Prize Fund Exhibition.Rehn died on July 7, 1914 in Magnolia, Massachusetts, where he had built a summer home in 1896.
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