Biografie von Charles Salis KAELIN (1858-1929)

Birth place: Cincinnati, OH

Death place: Rockport, MA

Addresses: NYC, c. 1879 through the 1880s; Cincinnati, OH/Gloucester, MA; Rockport, MA

Profession: Painter

Studied: McMicken School of Design, with Thomas S. Noble, 1877-78; John Twachtman, Cincinnati; ASL, with Beckwith, c.1879-80s

Exhibited: Cincinnati AM, from 1895; AIC; PAFA Ann., 1899-1903, 1926; Expo Universelle, Paris, 1900; St. Louis A. Mus., 1909 (solo); Pan-Pac. Expo., San Fran., 1915 (med.); Gallery on the Moors, 1916-; Albright Art Gal. (Buffalo) and Cincinnati AM, 1920 (solo show organized by Kaelin's NYC dealers Howard C. Alley and John E.D. Trask); Traxel's Galleries, Cincinnati, 1930 (solo); Cincinnati AC; Soc. of Western Artists; Phila. WCC; North Shore AA; Rockport AA; Spanierman Gal., NY, 1990

Member: Cincinnati AC; Philadelphia AC; Rockport AA; North Shore AA.

Work: Cincinnati AM; Queen City CIub; Cincinnati Univ. CIub

Comments: A Post-Impressionist painter in oils and pastels, he began spending his summers on Cape Ann, Mass., 1900, and settled in Rockport in 1916 where he painted harbor scenes and landscapes until his death. He was known in Rockport as the Hermit Painter" although he had many friends among his artist-neighbors. Positions: poster and advertising designer for F. Tuchfarber Lithography Co. and the Strobridge Lithography Co., Cincinnati, 1890s.

Sources: WW27; Dialogues with Nature: Works by Charles Salis Kaelin (1858-1929). Exhibition catalogue with essays by Carol Lowrey and Richard Boyle (exh. cat., Spanierman Gal., NY, 1990); Cincinnati Painters of the Golden Age, 76 (w/illus.); Falk, Exh. Record Series.