Charles Gordon (artist)
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Charles Allyn Gordon, Jr. (July 3, 1909, Corsicana, Texas
- June 9, 1978 Los Angeles, California
), was a watercolor artist.
He graduated from Corsicana High School in 1925 and from the University of Texas, Austin in 1929 with a degree in architecture.
Gordon is best known for his watercolor artwork.
Between 1935 and 1940 he exhibited at art events sponsored by the Museum of Fine Art of Houston.
Then in the early 1940s he exhibited at events held at the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art.
Examples of his work are 'Cape Cod', 'Bright Lights', 'Trees in Winter' and 'Pink Roofs – Taxco' (1944), the latter today in the collection of The Norton Simon Museum
in Pasadena, California
.
Gordon was fluent in Spanish and traveled frequently to Mexico by car to paint out of the way places.
He is credited by name in the 1957 English language edition of the book Pratero and I by the 1956 Literature Nobel prize winner Juan Ramon Jimenez
for having helped translate the first 18 chapters.
Besides art and literature Allyn Gordon also had interests in archeology and genealogy.
Corsicana, Texas
Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. It is located on Interstate 45 some fifty-five miles south of downtown Dallas. The population was 24,485 at the 2000 census...
- June 9, 1978 Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
), was a watercolor artist.
He graduated from Corsicana High School in 1925 and from the University of Texas, Austin in 1929 with a degree in architecture.
Gordon is best known for his watercolor artwork.
Between 1935 and 1940 he exhibited at art events sponsored by the Museum of Fine Art of Houston.
Then in the early 1940s he exhibited at events held at the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art.
Examples of his work are 'Cape Cod', 'Bright Lights', 'Trees in Winter' and 'Pink Roofs – Taxco' (1944), the latter today in the collection of The Norton Simon Museum
Norton Simon Museum
The Norton Simon Museum is an Art Museum located in Pasadena, California, United States. It was previously known by the names: the Pasadena Art Institute and the Pasadena Art Museum.-Overview:...
in Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
.
Gordon was fluent in Spanish and traveled frequently to Mexico by car to paint out of the way places.
He is credited by name in the 1957 English language edition of the book Pratero and I by the 1956 Literature Nobel prize winner Juan Ramon Jimenez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...
for having helped translate the first 18 chapters.
Besides art and literature Allyn Gordon also had interests in archeology and genealogy.