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Charles Banks Wilson Art

American, 1918-2013

Charles Banks Wilson was born in Springdale, Arkansas in 1918, his family eventually moving to Miami, Oklahoma, where he spent his childhood. Wilson enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1937 to study painting, watercolor and lithography. He obtained an apprenticeship as an illustrator at the Chicago Tribune and contributed to a folio for the American Art Association. Many of Wilson’s works hang in the Oklahoma State Capitol including life-size portraits of Will Rogers, Sequoyah, Jim Thorpe and Senator Robert Kerr. Four other murals depicting the early history of Oklahoma also hang under the Capitol dome. In addition to being the author and editor of a standard work on the Indian Tribes of Eastern Oklahoma, he is also the illustrator of 22 books and has contributed illustrations to many more. A painter, printmaker, teacher, lecturer, historian, magazine and book illustrator, Wilson's work has been shown in over 200 exhibitions in the United States and across the globe. Permanent collections of Wilson's work are housed in some of the most renowned museums and art galleries in the world. These include New York's Metropolitan Museum, Washington's Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery and the Smithsonian. Works by Wilson are a prominent feature of the Oklahoma State Capitol. Wilson died in his sleep at the age of 94 on May 2, 2013.

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Artist: Charles Banks Wilson
Old Injun
By Charles Banks Wilson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Banks Wilson, 'Old Injun', lithograph, 1948, edition 250, Hunt 39. Signed in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 3/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Published by Associated American Artists. Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the following institutions: Ackland Art Museum, Georgetown University...
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1940s American Realist Charles Banks Wilson Art

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Lithograph

Charles Banks Wilson "Old Injun" Pencil Signed Lithograph c.1948
By Charles Banks Wilson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Banks Wilson (American, 1918-2013) was an American artist. Born in Springdale, AK in 1918, he moved to Oklahoma, where he spent his childhood. He was a painter, printmaker, t...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Charles Banks Wilson Art

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