James Charles (painter)
James Henry Charles | |
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| Born | 5 January 1851 |
| Died | 27 August 1907 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Heatherleys, RA, Julien |
James Henry Charles (5 January 1851 – 27 August 1906) was a British impressionist artist.
Life
Charles was born in Warrington and after he moved to London he studied art at Heatherley School of Fine Art, before studying further in both London and Paris.[1] In 1875 he started a long association with the Royal Academy, where he exhibited quite regularly until his death.[2]
Charles exhibited at the newly formed New English Art Club; he settled in Chichester, but still travelling to Italy to paint.[2]
Charles died on a trip to Llandyrnog in 1906. Following his death there was a memorial exhibition the following year in Leicester.[1]
Legacy
Charles has 63 paintings in public collections in the United Kingdom.[3]
References
- ^ a b James Charles, Tate, retrieved 29 July 2014
- ^ a b Robins, Barbican Art Gallery. Kenneth McConkey ; with an essay by Anna Gruetzner (1995). Impressionism in Britain : [this catalogue accompanies the exhibition Impressionism in Britain, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 19 January - 7 May 1995 ...]. [New Haven]: Yale Univ. Press. p. 107. ISBN 0300063342. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Artworks by or after James Charles at the Art UK site
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