Charles Green Shaw
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Charles Green Shaw (1 May 1892—2 April 1974) was an American painter and writer.
A significant figure in American abstract art, Shaw enjoyed a varied career as a writer and illustrator, poet, modernist painter, and collector. Born to a wealthy family and orphaned at a young age, Charles and his twin brother were raised by their uncle, Frank D. Shaw. At age nine, he was already an avid painter and had illustrated his first book, The Costumes of Nations. Shaw graduated from Yale in 1914, where he was a member of the Delta Psi Fraternity[1], and completed a year of architectural studies at Columbia University. He worked as a freelance writer for The New Yorker, The Smart Set, and Vanity Fair, where his focus was the 1920s theater and café society. In 1927, Shaw enrolled in Thomas Hart Benton's class at the Art Students League in New York City. He also studied privately with George Luks.
As a founding member of the American Abstract Artists Shaw participated in the first annual exhibition. His article, "A Word to the Objector," was included in the group's first publication.
[edit] References
- Charles Green Shaw biography
- Staff report (April 3, 1974). Charles G. Shaw, 81, Abstract Painter. New York Times
- Russell, John (January 3, 1976). Art: The American Idiom of Charles Shaw. New York Times
- Personal papers archived at the Smithsonian Institution [2]
