Charles Avery Aiken (1872-1965) [RA 1913-1965]
American landscape & portrait painter ;
Charles A. Aiken ; Chas. A. Aiken ; Chas. Aiken ; C.A. Aiken ; C. A. Aiken ;
[Born September 29, 1872 in Worcester, MA – died February 10, 1965 in Wellesley, MA]

 

SAL record control number: 63481 ;

Record level: Person ;

Record type: Artist ;

 

Biography:

Birth: September 29, 1872 in Worcester, MA / also listed as being born Georgia, VT ;
Death: February 10, 1965 in Wellesley, MA, suffered from cataracts on both eyes in his 90s ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ; 
Zodiac:
 Libra ;

Known for: Landscape painting ; portrait painting ; murals ; still-life painting ;
Medium: oil ; fresco ;
Technique: painting ; mural ;
Subjects: landscape ; people ;

Areas: Worcester, MA ; Boston, MA ; Wellesley, MA ; West Newton, MA ; New York, NY ;
Region: North East ;
Lived: Copley Hall Studios, Clarendon Street, Boston, MA ; 102 Woodlawn Avenue in Wellesley Hills, MA ; 48 West 57th Street, New York, NY (summers) ; West Newton, MA (1896, 1897) ;
Father: Reverend John Francis Aiken (1835-1880), graduated from Seminary school in Andover, MA in 1846 ;
Mother: Henrietta L. P. Wheeler Aiken (1839-1921) ;
Relatives: Mary Thaxter Aiken (1874-1951), sister, well known composer whom the artist lived with ; Henry M. Wheeler (1830-1917), uncle, genealogist ;
Spouse: -none-
Children: -none-

Training: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA under Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862-1938) & Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) ;
Instructors: Edmund Charles Tarbell (1862-1938) ; Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) ; Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) ;
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Member: Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, artist member (1913-1939?), admissions committee (1953-1954, 1957-1958) ; Boston Art Club, Boston, MA ; Copley Society, Boston, MA ; Allied Artists of America, New York, NY, director (1958- ) ; Wellesley society of artists, Wellesley, MA, founder ; Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA, founder ; American Water Color Society, New York, NY, founding member ;
Exhibited with: Royal Academy of Milan, Milan, Italy ; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (1896-1897) ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1938, 1939) ; Boston Art Club, Boston, MA (1896, 1908, 1909) ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY ; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC ; Fifteen Gallery, New York, NY ; Brooklyn Society of Miniature Painters, Brooklyn, NY (1929) ;
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Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artist/?p=63481

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2019.63481

Digital document provenance:
Original compiled and researched document by the Salmagundi.

Document license:
Creative Commons Corporation  shareAlike (sa) license.  Some of the information contained within this document may hold further publication restrictions depending on final use.  It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine.

Image license:
The author of this artwork died more than 70 years ago. According to U.S. Copyright Law, copyright expires 70 years after the author’s death. In other countries, legislation may differ.

Record birth date:
January 1, 1913

Last updated: September 11, 2023 at 11:25 am

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