biography of Charles Andrew HAFNER (1888-1960)

Birth place: Omaha, NE

Addresses: New York 19, NY

Profession: Sculptor, teacher, painter

Studied: BMFA Sch.; ASL; BAID, and with Edmund C. Tarbell, Philip Hale, Solon Borglum, F.W. Benson, I. E. Fraser, McCartan.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1917, 1922-25, 1929-31, 1936, 1940; First Munic. Art Exhib., NYC, 1934 (prize); annually, Am. Veterans Soc. Artists; five solos of paintings, including Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

Member: NSS; Am. Veterans Soc. Artists (founder).

Work: theatre sculpture in NYC, Brooklyn, NY; medals, Numismatic Mus.; Engineers Club, NY; NYU; Chatauqua, NY; Rangeley Lake, ME; Rockefeller Center; Paramount Theatre; busts, Orange, NJ; Lafayette College, Easton, PA; Metropolitan Opera House, NY

Comments: Teaching: NY Evening Sch. Indust. Art.

Sources: WW59; Falk, Exh. Record Series.