Frank Van Wagenen
calligraphy
(Provo, UT, 1911 - 1996, Provo, UT)
Frank Alton Van Wagenen was born in Provo in 1911 to Alma Van Wagenen and Birdie Gray Van Wagenen. He attended Provo City schools as a youth, then studied at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1936. He majored in business with a minor in art. He was the first student to study calligraphy at BYU, and became a noted calligrapher and illuminator, nicknamed "Provo's King of the Ink Pen." He married Phyllis Barker in Salt Lake City in 1937 and raised six children with her.
calligraphy
(Provo, UT, 1911 - 1996, Provo, UT)
Frank Alton Van Wagenen was born in Provo in 1911 to Alma Van Wagenen and Birdie Gray Van Wagenen. He attended Provo City schools as a youth, then studied at Brigham Young University, graduating in 1936. He majored in business with a minor in art. He was the first student to study calligraphy at BYU, and became a noted calligrapher and illuminator, nicknamed "Provo's King of the Ink Pen." He married Phyllis Barker in Salt Lake City in 1937 and raised six children with her.
