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Charles Robert Searles

Charles Robert Searles (1937 - 2004) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  Charles Searles is known for Ethnic genre painting, sculpture, art education.

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Born in Philadelphia, and living in New York from 1978 on, Charles Searles received his undergraduate education at the University of Pennsylvania and his art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, graduating with honors.  He has traveled and exhibited in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.  Searles has been on many public art panels, taught art workshops, and at Pratt Institute.  Other teaching experiences include Jersey City State College, Bloomfield College, and the University of The Arts in Philadelphia, where he taught for nineteen years.

Searles was involved with sculpture, painting, and drawing.  He completed seven public commissions and has fulfilled eight commission for Long Island Rail Road in New York.

"My works are primarily boldly painted wood sculptures which are free-standing or hang on a wall. I use flat planes as well as curved surfaces and, although the forms are constantly changing, some things are often used such as ovula   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1874 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Charles Robert Searles


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt Subject
  • Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Cresson Traveling Scholarship
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Genre Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Museum
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Contemporary Black Artists in America, Whitney Museum
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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