The following biography is from information provided to AskART by Barbara Brenner, niece of Charles Berninghaus:

Charles Berninghaus, impressionist landscape painter, came by art quite naturally because his father, Oscar E. Berninghaus, had already made a name for himself in the art world by the time Charles was born. Oscar first arrived in Taos in 1899 and was one of the six founders of the Taos Society of Artists, that well-known group that even today is known for the outstanding work its members produced.

(Julius) Charles Berninghaus was born May 19, 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri. His first trip to Taos was made when he was five years old. After his mother died in 1913, he and his older sister Dorothy, spent summers in Taos ...