ARTIST: Charles Franklin Chamberlain (Michigan, 1871 - 1947)
NAME: Sunset Landscape
MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board.
CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 11 x 9 inches / 27 x 22 cm
FRAME SIZE: 17 x 15 inches / 43 x 38 cm
SIGNATURE: unsigned but has artist's estate label on verso
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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SKU#: 121126
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BIOGRAPHY:
Charles Franklin Chamberlain was born June 12, 1871 in Webster Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan to Benjamin Franklin and Almira (Taylor) Chamberlain. He died March 19, 1947 in Pinckney, Livingston County, and is buried in Dexter, Michigan. He married Cacia Smith Curtiss of Fowlerville, Michigan on April 7, 1912. Cacia was a school teacher in Howell.Charles studied in Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Paris. Charles attended art school at the Detroit Academy, and in 1892-93 went off to study at the Art Students League of New York. It was in Detroit as well as in New York that Charles made many connections in the art world and soon was determined to make his way to Paris to further his studies. Charles' first trip to France was in 1894 and he concentrated his studies at the Academic Julian, Montmartre, Paris as well as at the newer Aman-Jean School. He spent several years in France studying under the old masters, following the impressionist influence of the time.Charles traveled extensively. His home was located near Dexter, Michigan where he operated a chicken and honey farm, being an early practitioner of the concept “artificial hatching”. In 1919 he received an appointment as instructor in Architectural Drawing, College of Engineering, University of Michigan. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His later years included overseeing the three Chamberlain farms in Webster Township, as his two brothers had preceded him in death. At the age of 66 he sold out, retired, and bought a home a few miles down the road in the village of Pinckney. There he died at the age of 75.Charles studied in Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Paris. Charles attended art school at the Detroit Academy, and in 1892-93 went off to study at the Art Students League of New York. It was in Detroit as well as in New York that Charles made many connections in the art world and soon was determined to make his way to Paris to further his studies. Charles studied in France 1894-1897 and 1907-08 and he concentrated his studies at the Academic Julian, Montmartre, Paris as well as at the newer Aman-Jean School.