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We are currently involved in acquiring the finest in American, Western and Pacific Northwest Art of historical and aesthetic importance for our clientele. Putting together collections emphasizing aesthetics and scholarship is our goal.
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Exhibits

The Gallery

J. Franklin Fine Art was established in 1994 by Jay Franklin. Jay is native to the Seattle area and studied at the University of Washington.


The gallery specializes in Northwest and Western artists such as Sydney Laurence, Eustace Ziegler, Morris Graves, Mark Tobey, C. C. McKim, C. S. Price, Carl Morris, Emily Carr, Paul Gustin, Z. Vanessa Helder, Helen Loggie, Waldo Chase, James Washington Jr, Frank Kunishige, Edward Curtis, Darius Kinsey, Carl Rungius, Frank Tenney Johnson, Maynard Dixon, Birger Sandzen, Walter Ufer, Victor Higgins and Ernest Blumenschein…while also handling 20th century studio crafts by masters such as Rudy Autio, Paul Bonifas, Howard Kottler, George Nakashima, Gertrud & Otto Natzler, Robert Sperry, Peter Voulkos, Patti Warashina, & Louis Mideke.

Jay became interested in art early in life and has a naturally keen eye for quality. Art is now a life-long passion for him. Jay was on the Council of American Art Board of Directors at the Seattle Art Museum for ten years.

Jay’s younger brother Jamie is intimately involved in the art field as well, and assists J. Franklin Fine Art, Inc. whenever possible. Jamie received a Masters Degree in Art History from Williams College in Massachusetts, after completing his studies at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA.

Eustace Paul Ziegler
The Cache c1935

Notable Sales

SOLD

Fields of Purple and Gold 1930

22 x 30
Oil on textured board
Exhibited Seattle Fine Arts Society

Oscar Brousse Jacobson
SOLD

The California Foothills 1936

20 x 26
Oil on board

SOLD

The Edge of the Woods 1916

25 x 30
Oil on Canvas

Sydney Laurence
Mt McKinley Rapids of the Tokacheetna 1924

Eustace Paul Ziegler
Stanwood-Camano Fishing Village c1935

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