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Francis Martin Drexel (April 7, 1792 – June 5, 1863) was an American banker and artist. He was the father of Anthony Joseph Drexel, the founder of Drexel University, and the grandfather of Katharine Drexel.
- June 5, 1863 (aged 71), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Jan 22, 2020 · Francis Martin Drexel in the Americas. After a tumultuous 72-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean, 25-year-old Francis Martin arrived in Philadelphia in 1817. He ended up living in the Americas not for six month or six years, but for the next 46 years, until his death in 1863.
considered a leading exponent of Post-impressionism, Francis Martin Drexel (1792-1863) - to the extent he is remembered at all - is respected as the founder of one of America’s greatest merchant banks, Drexel & Company.
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Francis Martin Drexel, a native son of Dornbirn, Austria, is counted today among the founders of historic. families in the United States. His early diary1 records that he was born as the son of Franz Josef. Drexel and his wife Magdalena Wilhelm in 1792, on Hatlerstrasse 7, Dornbirn, near the Swiss border.
Francis M. Drexel’s Early Years. Self-Portrait of Francis Martin Drexel, circa 1817. Purchased by The Drexel Collection (Drexel Museum). The Drexel Founding Collection. Drexel University. 2003.001.0003. A map showing Francis M. Drexel’s travel route believed to be annotated by Sarah Drexel Fell Van Rensselaer, 1914–1916.
The Drexel Collection includes several paintings by Francis Martin Drexel, and in 1976 the university mounted a loan exhibition of his work. Its catalogue, Francis Martin Drexel (1792-1863): An Artist Turned Banker, is the most complete reference on the artist.
Drexel worked as an itinerant housepainter in Switzerland, Italy, and France before beginning his studies in fine art in Austria. In 1817, he immigrated to Philadelphia, where he rented a studio with the goal of establishing himself as an artist.
