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1918 Springdale, Arkansas - 2013 Arkansas. Known for: Portrait and Native American painting, illustration.
Charles Banks Wilson is a well-known Oklahoma artist known for his contribution to the Indian art world. Growing up with a blind grandmother, Wilson learned to interpret the details of life both... Read full biography
Charles Banks Wilson is a well-known Oklahoma artist known for his contribution to the Indian art world. Growing up with a blind grandmother, Wilson learned to interpret the details of life both verbally and artistically. Wilson has sought out the last of the "pure bloods" and captured them... Read full biography
Charles Banks Wilson is a well-known Oklahoma artist known for his contribution to the Indian art world. Growing up with a blind grandmother, Wilson learned to interpret the details of life both verbally and artistically. Wilson has sought out the last of the "pure bloods" and captured them 'forever' in his lithographs and paintings. Wilson's art depicts the people, animals and landscapes of Oklahoma as well as the Southwest. His paintings, drawings and prints take the viewer back to the early... Read full biography
Charles Banks Wilson is a well-known Oklahoma artist known for his contribution to the Indian art world. Growing up with a blind grandmother, Wilson learned to interpret the details of life both verbally and artistically. Wilson has sought out the last of the "pure bloods" and captured them 'forever' in his lithographs and paintings. Wilson's art depicts the people, animals and landscapes of Oklahoma as well as the Southwest. His paintings, drawings and prints take the viewer back to the early days of Oklahoma statehood, and his bold palette and dramatic patterns are intended to express the energy and excitement of the state's history. Wilson is best known for his murals in the rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol and his portraits of... Read full biography
Charles Banks Wilson is a well-known Oklahoma artist known for his contribution to the Indian art world. Growing up with a blind grandmother, Wilson learned to interpret the details of life both verbally and artistically. Wilson has sought out the last of the "pure bloods" and captured them 'forever' in his lithographs and paintings. Wilson's art depicts the people, animals and landscapes of Oklahoma as well as the Southwest. His paintings, drawings and prints take the viewer back to the early days of Oklahoma statehood, and his bold palette and dramatic patterns are intended to express the energy and excitement of the state's history. Wilson is best known for his murals in the rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol and his portraits of Will Rogers, but is recognized also as a painter, printmaker, magazine and book illustrator. Wilson's... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Caricatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Art Teacher
- •Thomas Hart Benton
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •US Capitol Building, Washington DC
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York