biography of Charles Clarence DAWSON (1889-1981)

Birth place: Brunswick, GA

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Illustrator, designer, painter, engraver, writer, lecturer

Studied: Tuskegee Inst.; ASL; AIC.

Exhibited: AIC, 1919, 1927; National Gallery of Art, 1929;Smithonian Inst., 1929; Studio Gal., Harmon Fnd., 1929 (prize), 1933; Chicago, 1931; Howard Univ., 1932; Findlay Gal., 1933; Illinois Host House, 1933; National DeSaible Memorial Exh., 1933, 1934; Urban Social Work Exhibit, Century of Progress, Chicago, 1933, 1934; American Negro Expo., 1940. Awards: Prizes, Chicago A. Lg., 1928, 1929.

Work: Roosevelt H.S., Gary, IN; Risley Mem. H.S., Brunswick, GA; Tuskegee Inst.; Carver Mus.

Comments: Position: A. Consultant, Co-Administrator, WPA, Chicago, NYA of Illinois, 1936-41. Author/illustrator, ABC's of Great Negroes, 1933. Lectures: The Negro in Art.

Sources: WW53; WW47. More recently, see Cederholm, Afro-American Artists.

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