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1875 Pont-Aven, Brittany, France - 1951 New Hope, Pennsylvania. Known for: Landscape- to modernist, portrait.
Charles Frederic Ramsey (1875-1951) was the earliest artist to champion the radical ideas of abstraction within the established Impressionist art colony of New Hope, Pennsylvania. Although some of... Read full biography
Charles Frederic Ramsey (1875-1951) was the earliest artist to champion the radical ideas of abstraction within the established Impressionist art colony of New Hope, Pennsylvania. Although some of Ramsey's innovative paintings were just as avant-garde as those of leading New York modernists, his... Read full biography
Charles Frederic Ramsey (1875-1951) was the earliest artist to champion the radical ideas of abstraction within the established Impressionist art colony of New Hope, Pennsylvania. Although some of Ramsey's innovative paintings were just as avant-garde as those of leading New York modernists, his work was virtually unknown outside of the New Hope colony. Omitted from all of the major exhibition catalogues devoted to American abstract paintings over the past thirty years, with the exception of... Read full biography
Charles Frederic Ramsey (1875-1951) was the earliest artist to champion the radical ideas of abstraction within the established Impressionist art colony of New Hope, Pennsylvania. Although some of Ramsey's innovative paintings were just as avant-garde as those of leading New York modernists, his work was virtually unknown outside of the New Hope colony. Omitted from all of the major exhibition catalogues devoted to American abstract paintings over the past thirty years, with the exception of one with regional focus, Charles Ramsey's ambitious and daring modernist work is now fertile material for criticism and acclaim. As early as 1953 (if two years after his death can be deemed "early"), critic Frederick Walker recognized Ramsey's talent... Read full biography
Charles Frederic Ramsey (1875-1951) was the earliest artist to champion the radical ideas of abstraction within the established Impressionist art colony of New Hope, Pennsylvania. Although some of Ramsey's innovative paintings were just as avant-garde as those of leading New York modernists, his work was virtually unknown outside of the New Hope colony. Omitted from all of the major exhibition catalogues devoted to American abstract paintings over the past thirty years, with the exception of one with regional focus, Charles Ramsey's ambitious and daring modernist work is now fertile material for criticism and acclaim. As early as 1953 (if two years after his death can be deemed "early"), critic Frederick Walker recognized Ramsey's talent and importance when he wrote, "While little is known to the public at large because of his policy of not showing in popular exhibits, Mr. Ramsey... Read full biography
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Keywords (34)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
- •Wood Carving and/or Engraving
Art Media
- •Colored Pencil
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •New Hope Modernist School
- •Pointillism, Pointillist, Divisionism
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- •New Hope, Pennslvania/Lambertville New Jersey
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
- •Jean Paul Laurens
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Cresson Traveling Scholarship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Artist Colony
- •New Hope, Pennsylvania
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts