Charles Courtney Curran

Charles Courtney Curran
Curran, ca. 1909
Born	1861 Hartford, Kentucky
Died	1942
Nationality	American
Field	Painting
Training	National Academy of Design, Académie Julian
Influenced by	Benjamin Constant, Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Henri Lucien Doucet

Charles Courtney Curran (1861 – 1942) was an American painter. He is best known for his canvases depicting beautiful women in pleasant settings.^[1]

Career

A detail of Curran's 1887 painting Fair Critics

Curran was born in Hartford, Kentucky in 1861 and moved to Sandusky, Ohio in 1881. He studied one year at the Cincinnati School of Design, and began a brilliant career after moving to New York City in 1882 where he enrolled in the National Academy of Design. He went on to study at the Académie Julian in Paris and was a student of Benjamin Constant, Jules-Joseph Lefebvre and Henri Lucien Doucet. Curran himself would become a teacher at the Pratt Institute, New York City, the Cooper Union and the National Academy. ^[2]

External links

• Curran at Art Renewal Center
• Charles Courtney Curran on ArtCyclopedia

References

1. ^ Birmingham Museum of Art : guide to the collection. Birmingham, Ala: Birmingham Museum of Art. 2010. ISBN 9781904832775. 
2. ^ [1] Curran at Artnet. Retrieved Sep. 26, 2007

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Name	Curran, Charles Courtney
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Date of birth	1861
Place of birth	Hartford, Kentucky
Date of death	1942
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