About Paul Chidlaw

  • Biography

    Paul Chidlaw was born in Cleves, Ohio in 1900 to Edward H. and Carolyn Guise Chidlaw.

    From 1919-1923 Paul studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. From 1924-1927 he was a designer for commercial firms in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1927 he studied at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Fountainbleau, France. From 1928-32 he studies with Jean Despujols and Andre'Lhote, Paris.

    Paul Chidlaw painted in oil, watercolor, acrylic, etchings, pastel, charcoal, pencil. His artwork in displayed in the Cincinnati Art Museum and Xavier University. There is a gallery in the Art Academy of Cincinnati named the "Chidlaw Gallery", because they considered him to be one of the finest artists (and certainly the earliest abstrac...

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