Charles Abel Corwin Explained

Birth Date:	6 January 1857
Birth Place:	Newburgh, New York, U S.

Charles Abel Corwin (January 6, 1857 – January 28, 1938) was an American painter and lithographer.

He was a staff artist at the Field Museum of Natural History from 1903 to 1938. He mainly worked on the museum murals and the habitat background preparation. He also taught at the Art Institute in Chicago. ^{[1] [2]}

In the 1910 American Art Annual, he was listed as being based in Haworth, New Jersey.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles Abel Corwin (1857–1938) . 2014-01-02 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102201039/http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/diorama-artists/charles-abel-corwin . 2014-01-02 . dead .
2. News: Charles A. Corwin, Museum Artist, 81. Member of Staff of Chicago Natural History Center for 35 Years Dead . . January 28, 1938 . 2014-01-02 .
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=1YgXAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA112 American Art Annual, Volume 7