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1916 Maryland - 2006. Known for: Portrait painting of prominent persons and western themes.
Following is The Denver Post obituary of the artist by Claire Martin, 2/26/2006. Portrait artist Charles Phillip Cross, who died Sept. 1 at age 89 in Loveland, took a catholic approach to his... Read full biography
Following is The Denver Post obituary of the artist by Claire Martin, 2/26/2006. Portrait artist Charles Phillip Cross, who died Sept. 1 at age 89 in Loveland, took a catholic approach to his subjects, who ranged from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren to convicted murderer Arlo Looking Cloud.... Read full biography
Following is The Denver Post obituary of the artist by Claire Martin, 2/26/2006. Portrait artist Charles Phillip Cross, who died Sept. 1 at age 89 in Loveland, took a catholic approach to his subjects, who ranged from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren to convicted murderer Arlo Looking Cloud. The son of a Maryland couple who ran a chicken farm, Cross learned as a child to seek the distinguishing features that separated one chicken from another or one person from a crowd. "Each is such an... Read full biography
Following is The Denver Post obituary of the artist by Claire Martin, 2/26/2006. Portrait artist Charles Phillip Cross, who died Sept. 1 at age 89 in Loveland, took a catholic approach to his subjects, who ranged from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren to convicted murderer Arlo Looking Cloud. The son of a Maryland couple who ran a chicken farm, Cross learned as a child to seek the distinguishing features that separated one chicken from another or one person from a crowd. "Each is such an individual in his own right, and capturing the essence of my subject on canvas is an ongoing challenge," he told the Loveland Reporter-Herald in February. At age 9, Cross began experimenting with caricatures that did not always sit well with the... Read full biography
Following is The Denver Post obituary of the artist by Claire Martin, 2/26/2006. Portrait artist Charles Phillip Cross, who died Sept. 1 at age 89 in Loveland, took a catholic approach to his subjects, who ranged from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren to convicted murderer Arlo Looking Cloud. The son of a Maryland couple who ran a chicken farm, Cross learned as a child to seek the distinguishing features that separated one chicken from another or one person from a crowd. "Each is such an individual in his own right, and capturing the essence of my subject on canvas is an ongoing challenge," he told the Loveland Reporter-Herald in February. At age 9, Cross began experimenting with caricatures that did not always sit well with the friends and neighbors interpreted on his sketch pad. He discovered that the advantage of cartoons - calling attenti... Read full biography
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Following is The Denver Post obituary of the artist by Claire Martin, 2/26/2006
Portrait artist Charles Phillip Cross, who died Sept. 1 at age 89 in Loveland, took a catholic approach to his subjects, who ranged from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren to convicted murderer Arlo Looking Cloud.
The son of a Maryland couple who ran a chicken farm, Cross learned as a child to seek the distinguishing features that separated one chicken from another or one person from a crowd.
"Each is such an individual in his own right, and capturing the essence of my subject on canvas is an ongoing challenge," he told the Loveland Reporter-Herald in February.
At age 9, Cross began experimenting with caricatures tha...But wait, there's more...
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