Biografie von Charles E. WALTENSPERGER (1871-1931)

Birth place: Detroit, MI

Death place: Detroit

Addresses: Detroit

Profession: Landscape and genre painter, illustrator, designer

Studied: Joseph Gies; Julius Melchers; Detroit Mus. Art Sch.; Acad. Julian, Paris, with B. Constant & J.P. Laurens, c.1886-88

Exhibited: Detroit IA, 1886-1929; Hopkin Club; Scarab Club; Crowley-Miller Gal., Detroit; Ch. Firby Gal., Birmingham, MI, c.1988

Work: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Comments: He travelled frequently to Europe, eventually settling in Laaren, Holland, where he painted figures in interiors and peasant genre scenes. Later, he spent his summers on the coasts of Michigan and New England. Illustrator: books by M. Quad;" Detroit Free Press. Position: designer, Calvert Lithographing Co.

Sources: WW25; Gibson, Artists of Early Michigan, 235."