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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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Facts about Charles Robert Searles

   Publications  Book References:  21
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Charles Robert Searles
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Sculpture Review June 2008 Goodman, Jonathan Yes
Art & Antiques Caught in the Spiders Web May 1996 Melrod, George Yes
ARTspeak New Talent’s Tribute to Tradition November 1983 LeSoeur, Claude Yes
21 Book References for Charles Robert Searles
Year Author Title Pages Color
2013 Scarborough, Klare and Susanna Gole, Editors Charles Searles (Monograph) 228 Yes
2012 Powell, Richard J. and Virginia Mecklenburg African American Art, Harlem Renaissance Civil Rights Era and Beyond 256 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Sajet, Kim The Chemistry of Color: African-American Artists in Philadelphia, 1970 – 1990 96 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2001 Quinn, Eli African-American Wisdom: A Book of Quotations and Proverbs 128 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Clark Terry (Foreword), Milt Hinton (Afterword) Seeing Jazz: Artists and Writers on Jazz 144 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1992 Bach, Penny Balkin Public Art in Philadelphia 288 Yes
1991 Crouch, Elizabeth G. Showcase of Interior Design 231 Yes
1991 Wardlaw, Alvia J. The Artist Project Portraits of the Real Art World C: New York Artists 1981-1990 256 Yes
1990 Wardlaw, Alvia J. Black Art: Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African American Art 305 Yes
1989 Dallas Museum of Fine Art Black Art/Ancestral Legacy
(Exhibition catalog)
305 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1980 Institute of Contemporary Art Urban Encounters Art, Architecture, Audience 64 Yes
1980 Thalacker, Donald W. The Place of Art in the World of Architecture 224 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1973 Cederholm, Theresa Dickason Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory 348 No
1971 Doty, Robert Contemporary Black Artists in America (Whitney Museum of American Art)
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
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