Biografie von Charles VEZIN (1858-1942)

Birth place: Phila., PA

Death place: Coral Gables, FL

Addresses: NYC/Old Lyme, CT

Profession: Painter, writer

Studied: ASL with F.V. DuMond, W.M. Chase, G.E. Browne, J. Carlson, F.L. Mora; H.M. Turner; G.M. Bruestle.

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1910, 1912; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1910, 1916; AIC, 1911; Soc. Wash. Artists, 1914 (prize); S. Indp. A., 1917; CAFA, 1925 (prize); Lyme AA, 1927 (prize); Hudson Valley AA (prize); Palm Beach Art Center, 1935 (prize); Allied AA, 1935 (prize).

Member: SC. 1902; Brooklyn SA (Pres.); Brooklyn PS; NAC; Century Assn.; Lyme AA; SPNY; Allied AA; NYWCC; Yonkers AA; ASL (pres., 1911-15); SC, 1902 (pres., 1914)

Work: NY Hist. Soc.; High Mus., Atlanta; Montclair (NJ) Mus.

Comments: Began studying art at age 40 and gave up his drygoods business when he was 61 to paint fulltime, en plein air. Author of articles on art. Specialty: New York cityscapes, Brooklyn waterfront scenes.

Sources: WW40; Art in Conn.: The Impressionist Years; 300 Years of American Art; Falk, Exh. Record Series.