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Frank Tinsley

Frank Xavier Theban Tinsley (1899 - 1965) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut.  Frank Tinsley is known for Action pulp novel illustration, comic strips, motion picture set design.

This artist, who often signed his work F. Tinsley,  had the full name of Frank Tinsley.  He was an important Aviation and Space Pulp artist.

Following is a biography by David Saunders, circa 2009, from Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists.

FRANK TINSLEY

(1899-1965)

Francis Xavier Theban Tinsley was born November 29, 1899 in Manhattan, New York City. His father was Francis B. Tinsley, who immigrated from England and owned his own wholesale coal yard. His mother was Gertrude R. Theban, who was born in NYC of German, French, English, and Irish ancestry. There were six Tinsley children, and Frank was the third born of three sisters and two brothers. They lived in a private brownstone in East Harlem at 159 East 116th Street, which was the home of his mother's parents, Mrs. & Mrs. Theodore Theban, a Post Office Record Clerk.

After he finished high school in 1917, he worked with an artist as an apprentice in the Research Departmen   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2784 characters.]  Artist bio

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