Charles Avery Aiken (29 September 1872 in Georgia, Vermont – 1965) was an American painter, and watercolorist.
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Life
editHe studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
He exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and at the National Academy of Design. He had a studio in New York City and in Wellesley, Massachusetts.[1] He was Director of the Allied Artists of America.[2]
His work is in the Brooklyn Museum,[3] the National Museum of American History,[4] and the Dallas Museum of Art.[5] His papers are held at the Archives of American Art.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Portraits! Worcester Portraits in the American Antiquarian Society". www.americanantiquarian.org. 10 December 2004.
- ^ "Charles Aiken - Artist Biography for Charles Aiken". www.askart.com.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum".
- ^ "Battle of Dogger Bank, (painting)". SIRIS
- ^ "Dallas Museum of Art - Collections". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ "SOVA: Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives".
External links
edit- http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=Aiken+Charles+Avery
- "Allied Artists of America records, 1914-1977". SIRIS