Charles Culver (b. 1908 / d. 1967). Charles Beecher Culver worked hard in his youth to develop his art. In his early 20's his parents gave him money to study commercial art in Chicago. Throughout the... Read full biography
Charles Culver (b. 1908 / d. 1967). Charles Beecher Culver worked hard in his youth to develop his art. In his early 20's his parents gave him money to study commercial art in Chicago. Throughout the late 1920's and early 1930's, Culver had a variety of jobs ranging from bands playing clarinet and... Read full biography
Charles Culver (b. 1908 / d. 1967). Charles Beecher Culver worked hard in his youth to develop his art. In his early 20's his parents gave him money to study commercial art in Chicago. Throughout the late 1920's and early 1930's, Culver had a variety of jobs ranging from bands playing clarinet and tenor sax, cartoonist at the Royal Oak Tribune to writing and illustrating children books. His main source of income was from working as a commercial artist at Chevrolet Studios in the General Motors... Read full biography
Charles Culver (b. 1908 / d. 1967). Charles Beecher Culver worked hard in his youth to develop his art. In his early 20's his parents gave him money to study commercial art in Chicago. Throughout the late 1920's and early 1930's, Culver had a variety of jobs ranging from bands playing clarinet and tenor sax, cartoonist at the Royal Oak Tribune to writing and illustrating children books. His main source of income was from working as a commercial artist at Chevrolet Studios in the General Motors Building in Detroit. However, Culver only worked at GM for money which he would save until he had enough to quit. He would then go back to Bellaire to be with his wife Florence. It was here that he would paint until his funds ran out (usually one-two... Read full biography
Charles Culver (b. 1908 / d. 1967). Charles Beecher Culver worked hard in his youth to develop his art. In his early 20's his parents gave him money to study commercial art in Chicago. Throughout the late 1920's and early 1930's, Culver had a variety of jobs ranging from bands playing clarinet and tenor sax, cartoonist at the Royal Oak Tribune to writing and illustrating children books. His main source of income was from working as a commercial artist at Chevrolet Studios in the General Motors Building in Detroit. However, Culver only worked at GM for money which he would save until he had enough to quit. He would then go back to Bellaire to be with his wife Florence. It was here that he would paint until his funds ran out (usually one-two years) and he had to return to his commercial artist job in Detroit. In the late 1930's Culver start... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
American Traditions in Watercolor Worcester Art Museum Collection
1987
Strickler, Susan (editor)
232 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
100 Watercolor Techniques
1968
Kent, Norman
216 pages (color)
The Fifty-fifth Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings (Exhibition catalog)
1944
The Art Institute of Chicago
22 pages
Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937 (Exhibition catalog)
1937
Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay)
32 pages
First National Exhibition of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1936
Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay)
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index