JEAN CHARLOT

'Louis Henri Jean Charlot' (February 8, 1898 - 1979) was a French painter and illustrator, active in Mexico and the United States. Charlot was born in Paris. His father, Henri, owned an import-export business and was a Russian-born émigré, albeit one who supported the Bolshevik cause. His mother Anna was herself an artist. His mother's family originated from Mexico City, his grandfather a French-Indian ''mestizo''.
Charlot spent an extensive period of his life living and working in Mexico. In 1921, he and his mother left Europe to settle in Mexico City. He found work as an assistant to the famed artist, Diego Rivera. He also worked as an illustrator during the excavations at Chichen Itza under Sylvanus Morley. ⅓In 1942 he painted an oil on canvas mural for the post office at McDonough, Georgia: "Cotton Gin", 4 1/2 by 11 feet. In 1949, Charlot relocated to Hawaii to become a professor of art at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He continued to live and work there until his death in 1979. Abstract Expressionist Kenneth O. Goehring was a student of Charlot.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Academy of Arts and the University of Hawaii at Manoa library are among the public collections having works by Jean Charlot.

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Selected works

Reference

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Selected works

Reference

★ Haar, Francis and Neogy, Prithwish, "Artists of Hawaii: Nineteen Painters and Sculptors", University of Hawaii Press, 1974, 42-49.

★ Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 92.

★ The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, , Donald H., Tuck, Advent, , ISBN 0-911682-20-1

★ Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967-1997'', [Hawaii] State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997, 16.

External links

★ The Jean Charlot Collection

★ The Jean Charlot Foundation