Charles Avery Aiken Explained

Charles Avery Aiken (29 September 1872 in Georgia, Vermont – 1965) was an American painter, and watercolorist.

Life

He 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]

External links

• http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=Aiken+Charles+Avery
• "Allied Artists of America records, 1914-1977". SIRIS

Notes and References

1. Web site: Portraits! Worcester Portraits in the American Antiquarian Society. www.americanantiquarian.org. 10 December 2004.
2. Web site: Charles Aiken - Artist Biography for Charles Aiken. www.askart.com.
3. Web site: Brooklyn Museum.
4. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!252460~!0#focus "Battle of Dogger Bank, (painting)"
5. Web site: Dallas Museum of Art - Collections . 2011-07-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008010439/http://dallasmuseumofart.org:8080/emuseum/view/people/asitem/A/372?t%3Astate%3Aflow=526d960d-dfc2-469c-a977-5ddfd3b010c8 . 2011-10-08 .
6. Web site: SOVA: Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives.