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Charles Handford

Charles R. Handford (1909 - 1995) was active/lived in Arkansas, Louisiana.  Charles Handford is known for Southern landscape, cotton genre.

The following biography was submitted by his daughter, Charlene Handford Barlow in March of 2006:

Charles R. Handford was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes in a realist style.  Though his father and grandfather were wealthy and prominent business leaders in Batesville, Arkansas, the family money dwindled during his early childhood.  As a result, his later childhood was one of poverty.  He developed an interest in art and taught himself to paint by finding rough materials at the city dump.  This talent directed him to enter the sign business during the years of the Depression.  

In the late 1930s he married Ventrice Bissell of Shreveport, Louisiana.  They eventually settled in Batesville where they had two children: Charlene Handford Barlow and Robert Handford.  During the 40s and 50s he owned a sign shop and became one of the few neon sign makers in Arkansas.  He and his wife became prominent in the community.  T   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2710 characters.]  Artist bio

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