Charlton, Maryette

Dates:
Active 1890
Active 2010

Biographical notes:

Maryette Charlton is an American painter, printmaker, photographer, and film maker born in Manchester, Iowa in 1924. She studied in Chicago with Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design, and received her B.F.A. at Pratt Institute and her M.F.A. from Columbia University. She has made several films about American artists, including Marion Morehouse and E. E. Cummings. She was the cameraman for set designer Frederick Kiesler's "Kiesler's Universal Theater" for CBS in 1962 and was a close friend of and collaborated with Kiesler's widow, Lillian, on various projects, especially the film "Kiesler on Kiesler" (housed at the Museum of Modern Art Video and Film Department). Charlton's son, Kirk Winslow (1955-2002), an artist and film maker, died from complications of HIV/AIDS.

From the guide to the Maryette Charlton papers, ca. 1934-2009., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Maryette Charton (1924- ) is a painter, printmaker, photographer, and film maker in Chicago, Ill. and New York, N.Y.

Charlton studied in Chicago with Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design, and received her B.F.A. at Pratt Institute and her M.F.A. from Columbia University. She has made several films about American artists. She was the cameraman for set designer Frederick Kiesler's "Kiesler's Universal Theater" for CBS in 1962 and collaborated with Kiesler's widow, Lillian, on various projects, especially the film "Kiesler on Kiesler" (housed at the Museum of Modern Art Video and Film Department).

From the description of Maryette Charlton papers, circa 1890-2010. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477621

Painter, printmaker, photographer, and film maker, Chicago, Ill. and New York, N.Y.

Charlton was born in Manchester, Iowa in 1924. She studied in Chicago with Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design, and received her B.F.A. at Pratt Institute and her M.F.A. from Columbia University. She has made several films about American artists. She was the cameraman for set designer Frederick Kiesler's "Kiesler's Universal Theater" for CBS in 1962 and collaborated with Kiesler's widow, Lillian, on various projects, especially the film "Kiesler on Kiesler" (housed at the Museum of Modern Art Video and Film Department).

From the description of Maryette Charlton papers, 1929-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 227193067

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Subjects:

  • Filmmakers
  • Painters
  • Photographers
  • Printmakers
  • Women artists

Occupations:

  • Photographers

Places:

  • Illinois--Chicago (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)