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1907 Charlotte, North Carolina - 1977. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting, portraits, lithography, murals.
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his... Read full biography
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting,... Read full biography
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting, sculpture, and murals, and his mural titled Man on the Threshold of Space, is at the Harriet Tubman School and another, Emerging Man, is at the Harlem Hospital, both in New York. Charles Alston earned his... Read full biography
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting, sculpture, and murals, and his mural titled Man on the Threshold of Space, is at the Harriet Tubman School and another, Emerging Man, is at the Harlem Hospital, both in New York. Charles Alston earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia, University, and in 1930, received the Arthur Wesley Dow Fellowship. From 1950, he began several decades of teaching at the Art Students League and was also a member of the National Society of Mural Painters. In 1958,... Read full biography
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Charles Alston was a long-time instructor at the Art Students League of New York and was known for his grasp of abstract design and his ability to express in his artwork the social forces that where shaping America at that time. His mediums were painting, sculpture, and murals, and his mural titled Man on the Threshold of Space, is at the Harriet Tubman School and another, Emerging Man, is at the Harlem Hospital, both in New York. Charles Alston earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia, University, and in 1930, received the Arthur Wesley Dow Fellowship. From 1950, he began several decades of teaching at the Art Students League and was also a member of the National Society of Mural Painters. In 1958, he was a U.S. representative to the Brussels Worlds Fair and in 1967 was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Nationa... 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
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Conte Crayon
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Stone and/or Limestone
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Social Realism
Art Association
- •Harlem Artists' Guild
- •National Society of Mural Painters
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
- •New School For Social Research (The New School), Teacher
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Arthur Wesley Dow Fellowship, Scholarship
- •Julius Rosenwald Foundation Grant
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Axelrod Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- •Evans-Tibbs Collections
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Harlem Renaissance Artist
- •Mural Specialty
- •THE NEW YORKER Magazine Illustration, Cartoon or Photography
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •John Heller Gallery, New York
- •Tanner Galleries, Chicago
Art Movement
- •Spiral Group, African-American Collective
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Harmon Foundation, Harlem
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Group
- •American Negro Exposition, Chicago 1940
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts