Francis Day
Born	12 August 1863
Died	1942  (aged 78–79)
Occupation	Painter

James Francis Day (1863–1942), generally known as Francis Day, was an American artist. His paintings may be found in many private and public collections, largely in the United States.

He was born inLeRoy, New York and studied at New York'sArt Students League and theEcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ernest Herbert and Luc-Oliver Merson. He specialized in painting family scenes.^[1][2]

He was a member of theSalmagundi Club, theSociety of American Artists, and an associate of theNational Academy of Design. He married Mary Evelyn Smith in 1887 then moved to New York City. They moved toNutley, New Jersey in 1890 and returned to New York by 1905. About 1912 they moved to Massachusetts.^[2]

The National Academy of Design awarded him the 1895 ThirdHallgarten Prize forPatience.

A number of his paintings have been offered for sale by auction in recent years, includingLight of Love (Butterfields 1999),Woman with a Harp (Phillips of New York, 2000), andThe Critic (Sotheby's of New York, 2004), the last named being a well-known painting, whose 'critic' is in fact a small girl listening to her mother playing the piano.

• Works by Francis Day atProject Gutenberg
• Works by or about Francis Day at theInternet Archive
• Francis Day atArtcyclopedia.

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