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... Read full 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... Read full 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... Read full 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 Tennessee... Read full 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 Tennessee international exposition in Nashville. He was the first artist to receive distinction of being represented at Chicago's Vanderpoel Me... 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
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
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The Golden Age: Cincinnati Painters of the Nineteenth Century Represented in the Cincinnati Art Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Rogers, Millard F Jr.; Denny Carter, Bruce Weber
218 pages (color)
Catalogue: Annual Exhibition John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (By Contributors to the Collection) (Exhibition catalog)
1940
Klug, William L (Introductory Essay)
64 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art (Exhibition catalog)