biography of Charles Chapel JUDSON (1864-1946)

Birth place: Detroit, MI

Death place: Carmel, CA

Addresses: Settled in San Fran., CA, 1890, lived there until 1926; Carmel, CA, 1926-46

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: Munich and Paris, 1888-90; Mark Hopkins Inst.

Exhibited: SFAA; Bohemian Club; Calif. State Bldg at World's Columbian Expo., Chicago, 1893; Calif. Midwinter Expo., 1894; Mechanics' Inst., 1896; Mark Hopkins Inst.; 1897; GGE, 1939

Member: Monterey History and AA; Bohemian Club; SFAA; Carmel AA

Work: de Young Mus., San Fran.

Comments: Position: asst. prof., Mark Hopkins Inst., 1904; helped organize art department at UC Berkeley, serving as head of that department until 1923. In 1921, he painted background and friezes at the Natural History Mus. in Golden Gate Park, San Fran. He continued to be important educator and painter after his move to Carmel in 1926.

Sources: WW17; Hughes, Artists in California, 295.