Frank Mechau - Artist of Colorado by Cile M. Bach, Book, copyright 2016 24031 Geometric strips of vivid color

Geometric strips of vivid color give the piece an illusory

"Fern Lake"

The composition depicts the abstracted form of a woman and some trees

Nero's House of Gold

Frank Mechau - Artist of Colorado by Cile M. Bach, Book, copyright 2016 24031 Geometric strips of vivid colorThere are stories scattered throughout human history of rare individuals of remarkable talent, energy, and promise whose lives are unexpectedly and tragically cut short. Artist Frank Mechau was one of these. His artistic career spanned only twenty years, 1926 to 1946, but in the course of those years he produced paintings, murals, and drawings of exceptional potency and poignancy. His work shows influences of the masters he studied, European,