Charles Frederick Kimball was born in Monmouth, Maine on October 31, 1831, the youngest of thirteen children to a family of Portland architects and builders. Kimball grew up in Portland and studied... Read full biography
Charles Frederick Kimball was born in Monmouth, Maine on October 31, 1831, the youngest of thirteen children to a family of Portland architects and builders. Kimball grew up in Portland and studied as a youth with local artist Charles O. Cole. In his 20s he developed a close friendship with... Read full biography
Charles Frederick Kimball was born in Monmouth, Maine on October 31, 1831, the youngest of thirteen children to a family of Portland architects and builders. Kimball grew up in Portland and studied as a youth with local artist Charles O. Cole. In his 20s he developed a close friendship with landscape painter John Bradley Hudson. The two would often go on sketching trips together and paint and draw directly from nature. While studying with John Greenleaf Cloudman, a Portland portrait and... Read full biography
Charles Frederick Kimball was born in Monmouth, Maine on October 31, 1831, the youngest of thirteen children to a family of Portland architects and builders. Kimball grew up in Portland and studied as a youth with local artist Charles O. Cole. In his 20s he developed a close friendship with landscape painter John Bradley Hudson. The two would often go on sketching trips together and paint and draw directly from nature. While studying with John Greenleaf Cloudman, a Portland portrait and landscape artist, Kimball met the artist's daughter, Annie, whom he married in 1863. After the marriage, Kimball went to work with his brother, a local builder, as an expert stair builder and cabinetmaker. Kimball never again painted professionally though... Read full biography
Charles Frederick Kimball was born in Monmouth, Maine on October 31, 1831, the youngest of thirteen children to a family of Portland architects and builders. Kimball grew up in Portland and studied as a youth with local artist Charles O. Cole. In his 20s he developed a close friendship with landscape painter John Bradley Hudson. The two would often go on sketching trips together and paint and draw directly from nature. While studying with John Greenleaf Cloudman, a Portland portrait and landscape artist, Kimball met the artist's daughter, Annie, whom he married in 1863. After the marriage, Kimball went to work with his brother, a local builder, as an expert stair builder and cabinetmaker. Kimball never again painted professionally though he did continue to paint. The artist felt that if he relied upon his painting for income that... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (13)
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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
The Imprint of Place: Maine Printmaking 1800-2005 (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Becker, David P.
0 pages (color)
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 Brushians
1996
Casazza, Elaine Ward
26 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)