Charles Rain
Charles Rain was an American magic realist painter during the 20th century.[1]
Charles Whedon Rain | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1985 New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Style | Magic realism |
Biography
Charles Whedon Rain was born in 1911 in Knoxville, Tennessee.[2] He grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1931-1933, with fellow Nebraskan artist and friend Keith Martin.[3] Rain would follow his studies with a year-long trip to Europe in 1934, where he traveled to Berlin, Paris, and Vienna, meeting several artists there, including Max Beckmann and Otto Dix.[3] Rain returned to the United States in 1935, settling in New York.[3]
Charles Rain was a prominent member of the Magic Realists, a movement of American painters influenced by European trompe l'oeil and Surrealism.[1] A 1942 exhibition by the Museum of Modern Art titled American Realists and Magic Realists featured paintings by Charles Rain, amongst other artists such as Andrew Wyeth and Peter Blume.[4] Rain also created costume designs for a ballet performed by the School of American Ballet. He died in New York in 1985.[2]
Legacy
In 1999, the Sheldon Museum of Art held a Magic Realism exhibition all about Charles Rain's artworks.[5]
In 2019, Charles Rain's costume designs for the ballet Yankee Clipper were featured in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art about Lincoln Kirstein, a co-founder of the New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet.[4]
The Sheldon Museum of Art has a gallery named after Charles Rain, honoring the artist's large donation of his artworks and the Charles Rain and Charlotte Rain Koch Gallery Fund.[5][6]
Further reading
- Rain, Charles, et al. Remembering Charles Rain : Selected Works from 1933-1973. Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, 2004
- Watson, Ernest W. “The Magic Realism of Charles Rain ‘(Color) An Interview.’” American Artist, vol. 18, no. 9, Billboard Publications, etc, 1954, pp. 20-
References
- ^ a b Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery (1988). Geske, Norman A. (ed.). The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery: publ. on the occasion of the Centennial of the Nebraska Art Association, 1888 - 1988. Nebraska Art Association. Lincoln, Neb.: Univ. of Nebraska Pr. ISBN 978-0-8032-2133-8.
- ^ a b "Rain, Charles Whedon". Sheldon Museum of Art. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ a b c Ruud, Brandon K.; Nosan, Gregory (2014). Painting from the collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art. American transnationalism. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-4869-4.
- ^ a b "Charles Rain". MoMA. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ a b writer, Josh Krauter / Senior staff (1999-08-24). "'Magic Realism' featured at Sheldon". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "Sheldon Museum of Art Strategic Plan (2020-2025)". Sheldon Museum of Art. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-22.