Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-1974

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Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974) was a painter and writer from New York, N.Y.

From the description of Oral history interview with Charles Green Shaw, 1968 Apr. 15 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613315724

From the description of Charles Green Shaw papers, 1686, 1833-1979, bulk, 1909-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744427153

Painter and writer; New York, N.Y.; d. 1974.

From the description of Charles Green Shaw papers, 1874-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84015189

Painter, writer; New York, N.Y. Died 1974.

From the description of Charles Green Shaw interview, 1968 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220191251

Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974) was an American writer, poet, illustrator, and abstract painter.

Born in New York City on May 1, 1892 to parents Charles and Eva (Morris), Shaw attended the Friends School and Berkely School, earned his Ph.D. at Yale in 1914, and did graduate work at Columbia in 1915. He served overseas in World War I.

Shaw began writing in 1919 and painting in 1932. He had numerous one-man shows of his art in the United States, England, and France and his work is represented in major galleries across the U.S. and Europe. Besides murals and paintings, Shaw created posters, magazine covers, and montages. Among other awards, he received the Nantucket Art Association Award (1958), Michael Strange Poetry Award (1954), and 1st prize in Nantucket Art Association (1960).

Shaw is the author of Heart in a Hurricane (1927), The Low Down (1928), and many other works, and he was a regular contributor to House and Garden, the New Yorker and other national publications.

Shaw also owned and assembled The C. G. Shaw Theatrical Print Collection, and was a member of various artistic and poetic societies including The Poetry Society (London) and the Institute of Arts and Letters. His published poems include "Into the Light" (1959) and contributions to periodicals and poetry magazines.

From the guide to the Charles G. Shaw Papers, 1916-1964, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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creatorOf Shaw, Charles G. Correspondence, 1862. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Shaw, Charles G. : Biographical file. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
referencedIn Marion Walton papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Marion Walton papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn [Photographs and slides of art work handled by the Berman/Daferner gallery] Archives of American Art
referencedIn Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-1974 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn American Abstract Artists records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-1974. The question is : the answer is / by Charles G. Shaw. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-1974. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-1974. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Charles Green Shaw papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lillian Dochterman papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Shaw, Charles Green, 1892-. Charles Green Shaw : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection
creatorOf Charles G. Shaw Papers, 1916-1964 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Charles Green Shaw Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with George McNeil Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Albers, Josef. person
associatedWith Berman/Daferner (Gallery) corporateBody
associatedWith Chatterton, Ruth, 1893-1961 person
associatedWith Cummings, Paul, person
associatedWith Dochterman, Lillian, d. 1968. person
associatedWith Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 person
associatedWith Larsen, Susan C. person
associatedWith Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 person
associatedWith McNeil, George, 1908- person
associatedWith Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 person
associatedWith Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958 person
associatedWith Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947 person
associatedWith Taylor, Deems, 1885-1966 person
associatedWith Walton, Marion person
associatedWith Walton, Marion, b. 1899. person
associatedWith Woolley, Monty, 1888-1963 person
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New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York
New York (N.Y.)
United States
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York
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Abstract expressionism
Art, American
Art, American
Authors, American
Novelists, American
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Art
Art
Art
Art, Abstract
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Authors
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Literature
Literature
Literature
Painters
Painters
Painting, American
Painting, Modern
Occupation
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Illustrator
Novelists
Painter
Poets
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Birth 1892

Death 1974-04-02

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