During his year in England Kline meets Elizabeth V. Parsons, a British ballet dancer who will become his wife.
c. 1935 – 1936
The Heatherley School of Fine Art in London
After studying art at Boston University from 1931 to 1935, Kline spends a year in England attending the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London.
1938
Returning to the United States with Elizabeth Parsons
In 1938 Kline returns to the United States, accompanied by Elizabeth Parsons, the British ballet dancer he met in England. On his return he works as a designer for a department store.
![Untitled [recto], Franz Kline, 1950s](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/f2e53a49-1f2c-4abc-b0fd-771de8e01df6/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Untitled [verso], Franz Kline, 1940s-1950s](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/241da734-c8c4-4f8f-a104-df63cc4e1be1/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
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