Charles Courtney Curran
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| Charles Courtney Curran | |
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 Curran, ca. 1909 |
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| Born | 1861 Hartford, Kentucky |
| Died | 1942 |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Painting |
| Training | National Academy of Design, Académie Julian |
| Influenced by | Benjamin Constant, Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Henri Lucien Doucet |
Charles Courtney Curran (1861 – 1942) was an American painter. He is best known for his canvases depicting beautiful women in pleasant settings.[1]
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Curran was born in Hartford, Kentucky in 1861 and moved to Sandusky, Ohio in 1881. He studied one year at the Cincinnati School of Design, and began a brilliant career after moving to New York City in 1882 where he enrolled in the National Academy of Design. He went on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris and was a student of Benjamin Constant, Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Henri Lucien Doucet. Curran himself would become a teacher at the Pratt Institute, New York City, the Cooper Union and the National Academy. [2]
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[edit] References
- ^ Birmingham Museum of Art : guide to the collection. Birmingham, Ala: Birmingham Museum of Art. 2010. ISBN 9781904832775.
- ^ [1] Curran at Artnet. Retrieved Sep. 26, 2007
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