Charles Louis Lassell was born March 5, 1894, in the little town of Greenwood, Mass., near Boston. The family was one of modest means and much talent. One cousin was Ayden Lassell Ripley,... Read full biography
Charles Louis Lassell was born March 5, 1894, in the little town of Greenwood, Mass., near Boston. The family was one of modest means and much talent. One cousin was Ayden Lassell Ripley, watercolorist; another Leurline Ripley, fashion artist; his uncle, Ayden Ripley sr. was a musician with the... Read full biography
Charles Louis Lassell was born March 5, 1894, in the little town of Greenwood, Mass., near Boston. The family was one of modest means and much talent. One cousin was Ayden Lassell Ripley, watercolorist; another Leurline Ripley, fashion artist; his uncle, Ayden Ripley sr. was a musician with the Boston Symphony. As a teenager, LaSalle worked his way through Boston's Fenway School of Illustration doing any number of odd jobs, from modeling for his instructors to working as nightwatchman at a... Read full biography
Charles Louis Lassell was born March 5, 1894, in the little town of Greenwood, Mass., near Boston. The family was one of modest means and much talent. One cousin was Ayden Lassell Ripley, watercolorist; another Leurline Ripley, fashion artist; his uncle, Ayden Ripley sr. was a musician with the Boston Symphony. As a teenager, LaSalle worked his way through Boston's Fenway School of Illustration doing any number of odd jobs, from modeling for his instructors to working as nightwatchman at a railroad crossing. He hunted and trapped in winter and sold the skins to the Hudwons Bay Company. During his last year at Fenway he studied with Harvey T. Dunn, said to be one of the greatest illustration teachers this country has ever had. After... Read full biography
Charles Louis Lassell was born March 5, 1894, in the little town of Greenwood, Mass., near Boston. The family was one of modest means and much talent. One cousin was Ayden Lassell Ripley, watercolorist; another Leurline Ripley, fashion artist; his uncle, Ayden Ripley sr. was a musician with the Boston Symphony. As a teenager, LaSalle worked his way through Boston's Fenway School of Illustration doing any number of odd jobs, from modeling for his instructors to working as nightwatchman at a railroad crossing. He hunted and trapped in winter and sold the skins to the Hudwons Bay Company. During his last year at Fenway he studied with Harvey T. Dunn, said to be one of the greatest illustration teachers this country has ever had. After graduation he worked with Boston's Snow Advertising Agency as a bull pen artist, using pencil and, lat... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
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
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The Cowboy (Exhibition catalog)
1981
San Diego Museum of Art
89 pages (color)
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
The West and Walter Bimson Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture
1971
Steadman, William E
223 pages (color)
The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s
1966
Reed, Walt
272 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index