biography of Charles Warren EATON (1857-1937)

Birth place: Albany, NY

Death place: Glen Ridge, NJ

Addresses: NYC; Bloomfield, NJ

Profession: Landscape painter

Studied: NAD, 1879; ASL with J.C. Beckwith; Geo. Inness was also a mentor, 1889-onward

Exhibited: NAD, 1882 (first shown)-1900, 1904 (Inness gold medal); Brooklyn AA, 1882-86, 1891; AWCS, 1880s; Boston AC, 1883-1908; PAFA, 1887-1911, 1921; NYWCC, 1890s; Royal Acad., London, 1890, 1891, 1894; Royal Acad. Brit. Artists; Grosvenor Gal. (London); New Water Colour Soc. (London); St. Louis Expo, 1904 (silver medal); Buenos Aires Expo, 1910 (silver medal); Durand-Ruel Gal., Paris; Antwerp; Brussels; Cairo; Paris Expo, 1900 (hon. mention); Paris Salon, 1906 (gold); Pan-Am Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (silver medal); SC, 1901 (prize), 1902 (prize), 1903 (prize); Charleston Expo, 1902 (silver medal); AC Phila., 1903 (gold medal); Corcoran Gal, 1907-12, 1930; AIC, 1914; Carnegie; Cincinnati AM; St. Louis AM; Montclair Art Mus., many annual shows, plus 1915 (retrospective), 1980 (retrospective). During his lifetime, his primary dealers were Macbeth, Milch, Ainslee, and Grand Central Gal in NYC; T. W. Dunbar in Chicago, and Thurbers in Rockford, IL.

Member: SC; AWCS; NYWCC (founder, 1890); Artists Fund Soc.; Lotos Club.

Work: Cincinnati Art Mus.; NMAA; Brooklyn Inst. Art & Science; Montclair Art Mus.; Hackley Gal., Muskegon, MI; Nashville Mus.; Arnot Gal., Elmira, NY.

Comments: In 1886, he shared a NYC studio with L. Ochtman and Ben Foster, and traveled with them to Grez (near Barbizon). He also painted in Italy, Holland, France, and frequently returned to Bruges, Belgium. He did not study abroad but visited galleries in Paris and London. By the 1890s he was best known for landscapes with the theme of late autumn or winter, often evening scenes. He painted throughout the Northeast, and summered in Thompson, CT. During the first decade of the 1900s his dominant themes were tall white pines of New England and Belgian landscapes. He made summer trips to Italy (Lake Como, Bellagio, and Varenna), 1910-12, 1923. He was even dubbed "The Pine Tree Painter." His last significant group of paintings, views of Mt. Rockwell and Glacier Nat. Park, were made in Montana in 1921. He stopped painting in 1927, but continued to circulate his work to many galleries. Signature note: he typically signed his works "CHAS. WARREN EATON." in block letters, often underlined.

Sources: WW33; Falk, Exh. Record Series.