Charles Wysocki

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Charles Wysocki (born November 16, 1928 in Detroit , Michigan , † July 29, 2002 in Joshua Tree , California ) was an American painter .

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Charles Wysocki was the son of Charles M. Wysocki, Sr. and Mary K. Wysocki. His father was from Poland and his mother from Kansas with Polish born parents.

He studied art at the Cass Technical High School in Detroit before starting his military service in 1950, where he was stationed in Hanau from 1951 to 1952 . After his military service, he attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles for four years because he wanted to be a commercial artist. His most popular motifs included landscapes and animals, but also subjects such as Halloween . After working as a graphic designer in Detroit for four years, he returned to Los Angeles, where he helped set up an independent advertising agency.

In 1960 he met Elizabeth G. Lawrence, a graduate of UCLA's art school , whom he married in July 1960 in Los Angeles. Through his wife, whose family were early settlers in the San Fernando Valley , Wysocki began to enjoy a simpler, more rural life than that of the big cities in which he had previously lived. Together they made many trips to New England , which sparked his interest in early American folk art . For a while he continued his lucrative career as a commercial illustrator while developing his primitive art in his spare time. At a later point in time he devoted himself entirely to naive art . His artwork was sponsored by AMCAL, Inc. and at times by Greenwich Workshop, Ltd. licensed and sold.

Works of his cat pictures collection include "Frederick the Literate", a tabby Tabby -cat during siesta on a bookshelf.

Wysocki also published books such as An American Celebration: The Art of Charles Wysocki . Although the book was very successful, Publishers Weekly called him a faux naif , a pseudo-naive artist.

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  1. ↑ 1930 US Census for Wayne County, Michigan, Precinct 14, Detroit, Ward 16
  2. ↑ a b Charles Wysocki History by Matt Wysocki ( Memento from November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Charles Wysocki - Featured Artist 1928-2002
  4. ^ California Marriage Index
  5. ↑ Frederick the Literate
  6. ↑ An American Celebration: The Art of Charles Wysocki, illustrated by Charles Wysocki, text by Betty Ballantine, Trumbull, Connecticut: Greenwich Press Ltd, 1985, 192 pp., ISBN 0-89480-942-3
  7. ↑ As quoted in Amazon.com
  8. ↑ As quoted in Barnes and Noble
personal data
SURNAME Wysocki, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 2002
Place of death Joshua Tree , California