1. Charles William Bolsius was a Dutch-born American painter.
23 Facts About Charles Bolsius
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Charles Bolsius was born in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, the youngest in an upper-middle-class bourgeoisie family.
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Charles Bolsius's father ran the regional Gas Works and Bolsius formally studied art in The Hague before emigrating to the United States and moving to New Mexico in the early 1930s.
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Charles Bolsius quickly assimilated into the art communities of Albuquerque and Santa Fe showing with the significant artist of the period.
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Charles Bolsius's heavy light-filled moody paintings with cloudy brooding skies combined expressionistic influences with expansive western landscapes and the optimism of American impressionism.
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Charles Bolsius's work was critically recognized and exhibited at major museums and galleries throughout New Mexico and Arizona.
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Charles Bolsius is known for his paintings, woodblock prints, architectural design, and hand-carved Spanish colonial revival furniture and doors.
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Charles Bolsius was born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland, to Caroline Maria Wilhelmei Bijvoet and Petrus Nieduas Josephus Mariannus Bolsius.
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Charles Bolsius's family moved to the village of Voorburg in 1922.
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In 1924, at the age of 17, Charles Bolsius enrolled in art school.
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Charles Bolsius spent five years at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag.
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Charles Bolsius's known early work was primarily dramatic land- and cityscapes.
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The 23-year old Charles Bolsius arrived at the port of San Pedro, Los Angeles California, on October 28,1930.
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Charles Bolsius began painting the environment of New Mexico, and lived in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and in the Sandia Mountains in the village of San Antonito, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.
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Charles Bolsius was part of, and significantly influenced by the art colony of Albuquerque, where he established connections with notable painters, including Carl Redin, Carl von Hassler, and Dorothea Fricke Whitcraft.
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Charles Bolsius absorbed the distinct styles and perspectives of these artists, shaping his own artistic vision.
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Charles Bolsius brought his brother and sister-in-law back to the site and after a lengthy discussion, the tree decided to make an offer and embark on re-constructing the dilapidated rambling building.
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Charles Bolsius continued to produce and show his art through the 1930s and 1940s, exhibiting in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and San Francisco.
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Charles Bolsius began professionally producing doors and furniture in the 1940s which continued through the 1970s.
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Charles Bolsius's final building project was the burnt adobe, late Territorial Revival The LeaChar House in the Tanque Verde, Arizona area east of Tucson.
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Charles Bolsius died in March 1983 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.
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Charles Bolsius designed and built only a handful of architectural projects.
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Charles Bolsius worked with architectural designer Veronica Hughart, who incorporated his doors and woodwork into her projects.