Photographs, 1888-[ca. 1901]

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Photographs, 1888-[ca. 1901]

Consists of 22 photographs of Charles Grafley, his classmates, and his family. Two feature sculptures that he created. Grafley's family homeat 2209 Summer St., Philadelphia is in the background of a few of the family shots, while his studio, located at 22nd and Arch Sts., is depicted in others. Also of note is a photograph of a float entered in a parade by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

22 items : ill.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8325511

Winterthur Library

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Grafly, Charles, 1862-1929

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Charles Grafley was a sculptor and a teacher. Born in Philadelphia in 1862, he began working as a stone carver at the age of 17. He attended night classes in art at the Spring Garden Institute and in 1884 entered the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, where he studied with Thomas Eakins. In 1888, Grafly went to Paris, studying at the Academie Julian and later at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He began teaching sculpture at the Drexel Institute and the Pennsylvania Academy in 1891. Grafley was a member...

Grafley family

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