About Charles Svendsen

  • Biography

    Charles C. Svendsen was born in Cincinnati December 7,1871. He was the only son of Charles J.F. Svendsen, who established an internationally known banner, flag, and military equipment business in Cincinnati in 1866. The business was continued after the father's death in 1903 by the family until 1925.

    Charles C. Svendsen at the age of six attended private drawing school and in his youth was a student of Thomas Noble at the Cincinnati Art Academy. He was also a pupil of Bouguereau and Gabriel Ferrier in the Academy Julian and Academy Colarossi in Paris.

    He won a bronze at the St. Louis universal exposition for a gouache water color owned by the Cincinnati Club. He was a commissioner of fine arts for Holland and Belgium at the T...

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