| Charles
Bragg (1931 - )
Considered the foremost social
satire artist in America, Charles Bragg is highly acclaimed
for his cryptic and humorous portraits. Bragg is a spiritual
descendent of Bosch, Brueghel and Daumier, all of whom lampooned
the foolish elements of society. H.L. Menken said, "Nothing
can come out of an artist that is not in the man." Charles
Bragg is a case in point, combining a strong sence of humor
with thought-provoking opinions.
Charles Bragg is a devoted student of the human race. As one
of the master observers of contemporary times, he and his little
figures have etched their way into the American heart. His is
a unique perspective on the human comedy-it is the reasurring
viewpoint of the fellow traveler. If you recognize yourself
in a painted expression on one of his character's faces-a look
so precisely rendered that your empathy is spontaneous and unconscious-it
is because Bragg has been to the mountain and suffered that
big of tangled reality himself. He is the constant observer,
but never the innocent bystander.
| Born: |
St. Louis, Missouri, 1931
Resident of Beverly Hills |
| Studied: |
High School of Music and Art, New York, NY
Art Students League, New York, NY |
| Taught: |
UCLA Extension Lectures
"This is Art" National
Educational TV Network
(Subsidized by the Ford Foundation)
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| Selected Group |
"Childe Hassam Purchase Award" Exhibition -
National Academy of Arts |
| Shows: |
And Letters, "20th Century Americans" - ACA
Galleries, NY, "36th Midyear Show" ¬
Butler Institute of America, "Looking West" -
ACA Galleries, NY, Stampe D' Arle ¬
Rome, Italy |
| One-Man: |
Long Beach Museum of Art, Upstairs Gallery, Gallerie de
Tours, San Francisco, The Huntington Gallery, LI, NY, Gallerie
Wolfram, Vienna, Austria, Nahan Gallery, New Orleans, Henkle
Galleries, Houston, Galleries Richard P. Hartmann, Munich,
Germany, University of Notre Dame, University of Florida |
| Awards: |
Gold Medal - National Society of Illustrators, Gold Medal
- Artists Guild of Chicago,
Award of Merit - Art Directors Guild of New York, Childe
Hassam Purchase Award Prize, Award of Excellence ~ Communication
Arts Magazine, Certificate of Merit - Art Directors Guild
of New York, Award of Distinctive merit, NY, Art Directors
50th Art Exhibition, 2 Awards of Merit - National Society
oflllustrators, Gold Medal¬Communigraphics Exhibition,
Certificate of Merit - Society of Publication Designs,
Award of Excellence - Graphic Arts Council of Chicago |
Museum & Public Collections:
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Pushkin Museum, Moscow, USSR - Galleria d' Arte, Moderna
de Milano ¬Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland - Dayton
Art Museum, Ohio - Downey
Museum of Art, California - Long Beach Museum of Art, California
- Wichita State University Collection - Roswell Museum Collection,
New Mexico - Canton Art Institute, Ohio - Loch Haven Art
Center, Orlando Florida - University of Wyoming Museum of
Art - The Albrecht Museum of Art, St Joseph, Mo - St Lawrence
University, Canton, NY - Gibbes Art Center, Charleston,
SC - Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan ¬University
of Judaism, Los Angeles, Ca - Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha,
Nebraska - Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas - Joseph Hirshhorn
Collection, National Gallery of Design, NY
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Commissions:
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The Center Magazine
Playboy Magazine
Ramparts Magazine |
| Books: |
"The Absurd World of Charles Bragg" |
To Artist Showroom
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