Charles Alston
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Henry Alston, Charles H. Alston
African-American visual artist (1907-1977)
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Vinony's link graph records 90 inbound references to Charles Alston, and connects out to mural, Art Students League of New York and United States Office of War Information.
It sits within the topics 1907 births, 1977 deaths and 20th-century African-American painters.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1683
- Died
- 1760
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Lectures on the materia medica containing the natural history of drugs, their virtues and doses
- Index medicamentorum simplicium triplex
- Tirocinium botanicum Edinburgense
- A dissertation on the sexes of plants
- Lectures on the materia medica
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Charlotte
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Myra Adele Logan
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Employer
- Art Students League of New York
- Field of work
- mural
- Genre
- portrait
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance
- Official website
- www.michaelrosenfeldart.com/artists/charles-alston-1907-1977
- Image
- Archives of American Art - Charles Alston - 2465.jpg
- Residence
- Charlotte
Show 11 more facts
- cause of death
- cancer
- Commons category
- Charles Alston
- date of death
- 1977-04-27
- date of birth
- 1907-11-28
- Commons Creator page
- Charles Alston
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Aaron Douglas
- start of work period
- 1932-01-01
- end of work period
- 1977-01-01
- relative
- Romare Bearden
Sources (9)
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Charles Alston, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Categories
1907 births1977 deaths20th-century African-American painters20th-century American male artists20th-century American painters20th-century American sculptorsAbstract expressionist artistsAfrican-American editorial cartoonistsAfrican-American sculptorsAlpha Phi Alpha membersAmerican caricaturistsAmerican contemporary paintersAmerican editorial cartoonistsAmerican magazine illustratorsAmerican male paintersAmerican male sculptorsAmerican modern sculptorsAmerican muralistsAmerican portrait paintersArtists from Charlotte, North CarolinaArt Students League of New York alumniCity College of New York facultyColumbia College, Columbia University alumniDeaths from cancer in New York (state)