Birth: 1857
Death: 1905
Married:
Known For: Landscapes
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Awards:
Facts
John Bundy and others consider Charles to be the best painter in the Richmond Group
Was also a musician playing the coronet with his four older brothers in their own orchestra
Self-taught and worked as an industrial painter at Hoosier Drill, later the name was changed to International Harvester
Loved Plein-air painting, sleeping in a tent for months capturing the landscape around Fountain City
Made a name for himself by having “Wet Night in February” exhibited at the St Louis Worlds Fair in 1904
Sources:
1. Waynet.org - http://www.waynet.org/ency/artist/default.htm
Death: 1905
Married:
Known For: Landscapes
Associations:
Awards:
Facts
John Bundy and others consider Charles to be the best painter in the Richmond Group
Was also a musician playing the coronet with his four older brothers in their own orchestra
Self-taught and worked as an industrial painter at Hoosier Drill, later the name was changed to International Harvester
Loved Plein-air painting, sleeping in a tent for months capturing the landscape around Fountain City
Made a name for himself by having “Wet Night in February” exhibited at the St Louis Worlds Fair in 1904
Sources:
1. Waynet.org - http://www.waynet.org/ency/artist/default.htm
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