Jean Charlot American (1898-1979) Native mother and child lithograph pencil signed lower right. Provenance: From a private collector in Zionsville / Indianapolis. From the Archives of AskArt: Born in Paris, France on Feb. 7, 1898. Charlot was artistically inclined at age six. As a young man he studied art in his native city at Lycee Condorcet and was involved with the liturgical arts. In 1922 he moved to Mexico where he began producing color lithographs and woodcuts of the Mexicans and their activities. In 1930 he moved to Los Angeles where he became a long-time employee and collaborator of Lynton Kistler in the production of color lithography. During the 1930s and 1940s he taught at the ASL of NYC. After settling in Hawaii in 1949, Charlot taught for 20 years at the University of Hawaii. He died in Honolulu in March 1979. Exh: Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1933, 1938; LA Co. Fair, 1949; Yale University, 1963; . In: San Diego Museum; University of Hawaii; Honolulu Academy of FA; AIC; Orange Co. (CA) Museum; SFMA; Notre Dame University; MM; churches in Honolulu and Kohala. 15"H x 11"W (sight), 24"H x 20"W (frame)