Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979
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Charlot, Jean (French painter and printmaker, 1898-1979, active in Mexico and the United States)
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Charlot, Jean
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Charlot, Jean, historien de l'art
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Charlot, Jean (Louis Henri Jean), 1898-1979
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Charlot, Palani
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シャロー, ジャン
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Sharō, Jan 1898-1979
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Charlot, Louis Henry Jean
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Jean Charlot
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Charlot, Louis Henri Jean, 1898-
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Charlot, Palani 1898-1979
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French children's illustrator, born in Paris in 1898. Emigrated to the United States in 1929. Wrote numerous art books and illustrated numerous titles for children.
Jean Charlot was a French-born muralist, painter and book illustrator was artist in residence at the University of Georgia during the 1940s. During his stays, Charlot completed two series of murals for the university. He executed the first one, a three-panel mural symbolizing music, drama, and the visual arts, during 1941-42 for the Fine Arts Building. Charlot also executed a three-panel mural for the Henry Grady School of Journalism in 1943-44, this one set around the themes of U.S. paratroopers landing in Italy, the symbolic figure of Time, and Cortez landing in Mexico.
Painter, illustrator, lithographer, teacher; Honolulu, Hawaii. Full name Louis Henri Jean Charlot.
Paris born, American illustrator of children's books; Caldecott Honor book recipient, 1944 and 1954.
Paris born, American illustrator of children's books.
Jean Charlot was born February 7, 1898 in Paris, France. He came to the United States in 1929 after spending several years in Mexico working as a mural painter for the Mexican government. Charlot continued to paint murals in the United States and also taught art for many years. He began illustrating children's books in the 1930s, and throughout his long career illustrated books for many well-known children's authors including Monica Shannon, Margaret Wise Brown, Ann Nolan Clark, and Joseph Krumgold; the latter two authors' works illustrated by Charlot, Secret of the Andes and ...And Now Miguel, were Newbery Award winners. Several of Charlot's works emphasize his interest in and knowledge of Hispanic and Indian cultures and draw on his experiences in Mexico. While some critics called his early illustrations for The Sun, the Moon and a Rabbit 1935) "barbaric", Charlot gained acclaim for his "architectural style" that brought a book's setting to life and for his sympathy for different cultures. He received Caldecott Honor book citations for A Child's Good Night Book and When Will the World Be Mine? The Story of a Snowshoe Rabbit. Jean Charlot died on March 20, 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Paris born, American illustrator of childrens' books.
Painter, muralist, printmaker and book illustrator. He is a lively surviving artist in the popular printmaking tradition. The art world regards Charlot as "The leader of color lithography in the Western World." He has created more than 750 different print subjects, of which there are a quarter million original prints in existence. He has lived in Paris, Mexico, New York and before his death lived in Hawaii where he was a professor of art at the University of Hawaii. (Taken from Peter Morse's POPULAR ART; THE EXAMPLE OF JEAN CHARLOT, 1978).
Artist Jean Charlot was born in 1898 in Paris. He is a muralist especially known in this area for his mural The Village Fiesta in fresco at Shaw Dormitory. Other works of his may be found at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Hawaii, and various other schools and churches. He has exhibited at principal museums both in the United States and abroad.
He has also written several books and illustrated many others, primarily children's books. Mr. Charlot is currently a professor in the Art Department of the University of Hawaii.
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