Charles Hargens
Charles William Hargens, Jr. (born April 30, 1893 in Hot Springs , Fall River County , South Dakota , † January 30, 1997 in Glenside , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania ) was an American painter .
Life
Charles Hargens was born in 1893 as the son of the country doctor Charles Hargens senior (1866-1957) and a teacher in Hot Springs in the US state of South Dakota. After his parents divorced in 1902, he moved with his mother to Council Bluffs , Iowa . In the period that followed, the talented artist earned an additional income by selling lifelike drawings of his neighbors' houses and homesteads. In addition, he met the indigenous population of America and western landscapes, which should decisively influence and enrich his later art.
Charles Hargens later moved to Philadelphia , where he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . A scholarship enabled him to study art in Paris , France . He was afterwards as an illustrator for Wild West novels of Zane Gray and for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post , Liberty , McCall's active and Boy's Life. Hargens also designed advertising posters , including for Coca-Cola . In 1940 he moved to Carbersville, Bucks County , Pennsylvania. Charles Hargens married the fashion illustrator Marjorie née Garman (1895–1978) in 1917, with whom he had a son. He died in 1997 at the old age of 103.
The renowned painter and illustrator Charles Hargens gained notoriety in particular for his scenes from the "Wild West". In 1982 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in fine arts from Dakota Wesleyan University.
literature
- American Federation of Arts: Who's who in American art, Volume 8, RR Bowker., 1962, p. 259.
Web links
- Charles Hargens, short biography on Ask Art (English)
- Charles Hargens biography on dakotadiscovery.com; Retrieved November 1, 2012
- Charles Hargens Art Gallery Grand Opening on dakotadiscovery.com; Retrieved November 1, 2012
- Obituary for Charles Hargens on the New York Times website , February 9, 1997; Retrieved November 1, 2012
- Charles Hargens in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hargens, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hargens, Charles William Junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hot Springs , Fall River County , South Dakota |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1997 |
| Place of death | Glenside , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania |