Biografie von Charles RAIN (1911-1985)

Birth place: Knoxville, TN

Addresses: New York, NY

Profession: Painter

Studied: AIC, 1931-33; private study in Berlin, Vienna, and Paris, 1933-34.

Exhibited: AIC, 1936, 1942, 1947; WMAA, 1941, 1949; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1947, 1959, 1963; Springfield MFA, 1947 (purchase prize), 1963; Univ Ill, 1949-57 (5 solos; purchase prize in 1950); Los Angeles Mus Art, 1951, 1956; Denver Art Mus, 1957; PAFA Ann., 1958; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1961; FAR Gal., NYC, 1970s; Surrealism and American Art," Rutgers Mus., New Brunswick, NJ, 1977."

Work: Springfield MFA; Univ Ill; Ariz State Univ, Tempe; DeBeers Mus, Johannesburg, S. Africa; Virginia MFA

Comments: Magic Realist.

Sources: WW73; Wechsler, 38; Falk, Exh. Record Series.