CHARLES, JAMES (1851 - 1906), painter
Date of birth: 1851
Date of death: 1906
Gender: Male
Occupation: painter
Area of activity: Art and Architecture
Author: Thomas Mardy Rees
Born at Warrington but of Welsh origin, his father having come from Caernarvonshire. He studied at Hatherley's Studio and at the Royal Academy Schools, London. Charles was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and other London galleries for almost forty years of his life. Two of his works - ' The Village Road ' and ' Winter,' both of them oil paintings - are in the National Museum of Wales. He died in 1906.
Author
- Reverend Thomas Mardy Rees, (1871 - 1953)
- Michael Bryan, Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: James Charles
Further Reading
Published date: 1959
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