Item Details: Woman in Yellow Dress Painting
Creator: Charles Bohannah (1910 - 1985). Unsigned but authenticated.
African American artist Charles Bohannah, a native New Yorker, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1910. Bohannah began his career as an artist in high school, later enrolling in the Cooper Union School of Art. Around this time Bohannah also joined the prestigious Art Students League. While studying drawing and painting, he began doing "wash drawings" for use in magazines. Bohannah's first critical success was winning a scholarship, as a result of an exhibition at the Roak Art Museum in New York. This occurred around the beginning of World War II, when Charles chose to attend the Bell Signal Corp. School of radio to help the war effort.
Dimensions:
Framed: 17.5” x 13.5”
Art: 16” x 12”
Weight: about 10 pounds
Materials and Technique: oil of unstretched canvas. framed.
Place of Origin: Brooklyn, NY
Period: Mid-Century
Date of Manufacture: Exact date unknown
Condition: Excellent vintage condition
Item Details: Woman in Yellow Dress Painting
Creator: Charles Bohannah (1910 - 1985). Unsigned but authenticated.
African American artist Charles Bohannah, a native New Yorker, was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1910. Bohannah began his career as an artist in high school, later enrolling in the Cooper Union School of Art. Around this time Bohannah also joined the prestigious Art Students League. While studying drawing and painting, he began doing "wash drawings" for use in magazines. Bohannah's first critical success was winning a scholarship, as a result of an exhibition at the Roak Art Museum in New York. This occurred around the beginning of World War II, when Charles chose to attend the Bell Signal Corp. School of radio to help the war effort.
Dimensions:
Framed: 17.5” x 13.5”
Art: 16” x 12”
Weight: about 10 pounds
Materials and Technique: oil of unstretched canvas. framed.
Place of Origin: Brooklyn, NY
Period: Mid-Century
Date of Manufacture: Exact date unknown
Condition: Excellent vintage condition
