She studied at the Internationaal schildersatelier (Amsterdam) (International painting studio).

Franken was a member of, and exhibited with, the Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas [nl] and Arti et Amicitiae.

Her subjects included still lifes, portraits (particularly of children), and genre scenes from her Jewish neighborhood near the Prinseneiland river in Amsterdam.

[3][4] Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

[5] Franken died on 4 April 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany.