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About the Item
Signed lower right, 'Charles Surendorf' for Charles Frederick Surendorf (American, 1906-1979), titled lower left, 'State Street, Columbia' and created circa 1960.
Following his graduation from Ohio State University, Charles Surendorf continued his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago and, subsequently, at New York's Art Students League.
In 1935, he moved to the San Francisco Bay area and taught at Mills College. Active in the local art scene, he was appointed director of the first San Francisco Art Festival. In 1946 he settled in the California town of Columbia in the Sierra foothills. There he served as director of the Mother Lode Art School (1956) and created works with an historic California theme.
Charles Surendorf's paintings and prints depict the rough-and-tumble life of the old mining country in a regionalist style akin to that of Thomas Hart Benton. urendorf exhibited widely and with success. Surendorf's works are held in numerous private and public collections, including the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the U.S. Library of Congress.
Member:
California Society of Etchers; San Francisco Art Association; Mother Lode Art Association; Bay Region Art Association (Oakland).
Exhibition:
Foundation of Western Art (LA), 1936-41; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1936; SFMA, 1936, 1946; California Society of Etchers, 1938-54 (awards); Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; De Young Museum, 1946.
Collections:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Mills College (Oakland); Monterey Peninsula Museum; Library of Congress; Wichita Art Museum.
Reference:
Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 2, p. 1079-1080; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, p. 3221-3222; et al.
- Creator:Charles Frederick Surendorf (1906 - 1979, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 11.25 in (28.58 cm)Width: 16.25 in (41.28 cm)
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- Condition:paper: minor toning; frame: minor toning to mat, minor marks; This item was photographed behind glass and images may show minor reflection.
- Gallery Location:Santa Cruz, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3444995021
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