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1869 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - 1964 Radnor, Pennsylvania. Known for: Painter-seasonal landscape, marine, etcher, sporting themes.
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily... Read full biography
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily categorized. Also, he lived in Pennsylvania where the painters who retained the most attention in... Read full biography
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily categorized. Also, he lived in Pennsylvania where the painters who retained the most attention in art-history books worked in Bucks County, a place he merely visited but did not spent much time. Only one painting, Farmhouse in Winter, survives from his time in New Hope in Bucks County. Young was born in... Read full biography
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily categorized. Also, he lived in Pennsylvania where the painters who retained the most attention in art-history books worked in Bucks County, a place he merely visited but did not spent much time. Only one painting, Farmhouse in Winter, survives from his time in New Hope in Bucks County. Young was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to a family that lived on a farm near the Cemetery Ridge battlefield. The family was poor but cultured, and the father's interest in art history, especially a book on John Constable in his father's library, stimulated the... Read full biography
A leading landscape painter of the early 20th Century, Charles Morris Young had his widespread reputation slip away likely because he painted such a variety of subjects that he was not easily categorized. Also, he lived in Pennsylvania where the painters who retained the most attention in art-history books worked in Bucks County, a place he merely visited but did not spent much time. Only one painting, Farmhouse in Winter, survives from his time in New Hope in Bucks County. Young was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to a family that lived on a farm near the Cemetery Ridge battlefield. The family was poor but cultured, and the father's interest in art history, especially a book on John Constable in his father's library, stimulated the adolescent Charles Young. He spent much time sketching and painting in the environs of Gettysburg.... Read full biography