Attributed to Charles Green Shaw, no coa, private collection, medium: oil, measurements: 24"hx43"w framed, mint condition Biography:Charles Green Shaw was an American painter, poet, writer, and illustrator. He was a key figure in early American abstract art. Shaw was born in New York City to Eva (née Morris) and Charles Green Shaw, a merchant.This was a wealthy family connected to the F. W. Woolworth Company fortune.However, Shaw was orphaned at a young age—his mother died when he was just three.As a result, he and his twin brother were raised by their uncle, Frank D. Shaw.He grew up spending summers in Newport, Rhode Island and Christmas at Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt's balls.He began drawing when he was six; he wrote and illustrated his first book, The Costumes of Nations, when he was nine.Shaw attended the Friends Seminary and Berkley School. He graduated from Yale University in 1914. While at Yale, he befriended Cole Porter, joined St. Anthony Hall, and contributed artwork to campus humor magazine, The Yale Record. He studied architecture at Columbia University from 1914 to 1915.Shaw was a Lieutenant in World War I, first receiving an assignment as a supply officer stationed in England. Then, he was assigned to the Army Air Force at Kelly Airfield in Texas. Over the course of eighteen months in the service, he never saw active duty. After the war, Shaw tried to follow the business model set by his family, and soon found he was ill-suited for selling real estate in New York City.