Charles searles biography
Charles searles biography
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Charles Searles
American artist
Charles Searles | |
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Searles painting a mural c. 1975 | |
| Born | Charles Robert Searles (1937-07-11)July 11, 1937 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | November 27, 2004(2004-11-27) (aged 67) New York |
| Known for | painting, sculpture |
| Notable work | "Filas for Sale"; "Celebration" |
Charles Robert Searles (July 11, 1937 – November 27, 2004) was an African American artist born in Philadelphia in 1937.[1] He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was active from the 1960s until he died in 2004[2] from complications from a stroke.[3]
Education and career
Searles received the Cresson Traveling Scholarship and the Ware Traveling Memorial Scholarships which allowed him to travel to Nigeria, Ghana, and Morocco in 1972.[4] He was one of several Black students to win the Cresson scholarship: Laura Wheeler Waring, Ellen Powell Tiberino, Raymond Saunders and Louis