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Claude Curry Bohm (1894-1971)
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Bohm studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 1910s. He began visiting Brown County around 1920, usually spending part of the summer there. He specialized in landscapes, and exhibited at the Hoosier Salon, Art Institute of Chicago, Brown County Art Gallery Association, Chicago Municipal Art League, and the Chicago Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art. His work is included in the collections [...] Click here to continue reading.
Ettore Caser (1880-1944)
Ettore Caser was from Venice, Italy and resided in both Boston and New York City. He painted landscapes, figures and genre scenes. His works can be seen at both the Engineer’s Club and the Salmagundi Club in New York, the Boston Art Club and his mural at the National Bank in Toledo, Ohio entitled, Anthony Wayne and the Indians at the Marmoux River.
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc.
Pruett A. Carter (1891 to 1955)
The paintings of Pruett Carter rarely concentrated on the mechanics of a particular moment of action. Rather, his compositions were concerned with intellect and emotion which in turn were the focus for the clients for whom Carter did his best work. His illustrations for Ladies’ Home Journal, Woman’s Home Companion, McCall’s and American Magazine were less concerned with plot than with character.
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Jean Carolus (Belgian, 1814 to 1897)
Jean Carolus was born in Belgium and is best known for genre scenes which portray elegantly attired aristocrats, usually engaged in pursuits of a leisurely nature.
John Fabian Carlson (1875-1947)
John Carlson was born in Sweden in 1875, but at age twelve immigrated with his family and settled in Buffalo, New York. From youth he was interested in art, and in 1902 began his formal training at the Art Students’ League in New York. There he studied under Frank Vincent DuMond and two years later received a scholarship from what would become the Woodstock Artists Association. There he was tutored [...] Click here to continue reading.
John Carlin, 1813 to 1891
John Carlin, a portrait, genre, and landscape painter, was also a miniaturist and writer who was born a deaf mute in Philadelphia. He studied under John Neagle in this country and Delaroche in Paris. He settled in New York City where he lived for 50 years, exhibiting at the National Academy and the American Art Union.
Gaetano Capone (1864 to 1920)
Born in Majori (near Salerno), Gaetano Capone studied at the Academy of Naples and in Rome. Capone arrived in New Orleans during the winter of 1918 to 1919 and painted a series of Vieux Carre courtyard scenes. In October of 1919, he returned briefly to make additional studies, complete portrait commissions and exhibit at the Louisiana State Museum. Reference: John Mahe, Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 1718 to 1918, [...] Click here to continue reading.
Ralph Eugene Cahoon Jr.(1910-1982)
Ralph Eugene Cahoon Jr. was born in Chatham on Cape Cod in 1910. He grew up close to the harbor and enjoyed fishing, clamming and scalloping. Sketching was a favorite pastime for young Ralph, and his drawings were a regular feature in his high school newspaper. He also took a correspondence course in cartooning while still in high school.
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Martha Farham Cahoon (1905-1999)
Martha was originally from the Rosindale section of Boston, born to Swedish immigrants in 1905. Her father, Axel Farham, was a talented furniture decorator who learned his art in his native Sweden. He worked for some of the best-known decorating firms in Boston. When Martha was 10 years old, the family moved to the Cape Cod town of Harwich. She excelled in school, but chose to apprentice with her [...] Click here to continue reading.
Charles Drew Cahoon (1861-1951)
Charles D. Cahoon was born in 1861 in Harwich, Massachusetts, the son of a sea captain and amateur artist. His vast body of work spans three decades and includes between 2,500 and 3,000 paintings mostly Cape Cod landscapes and seascapes. Cahoon died in 1951 in Harwich, Massachusetts.
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