Charles Logasa was born in Davenport, Iowa, United States, on July 14,1883, to Sephardic Jewish parents and Ukrainian immigrants.
11 Facts About Charles Logasa
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Charles Logasa had two sisters, Jeanie Deana Bogen nee Logasa, and Hannah Logasa Charles Logasa came with his parents to Omaha, Nebraska, between the ages of three and five years old.
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Charles Logasa entered the service of the United States Geological Survey as a topographic draftsman in Washington, DC.
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Charles Logasa was called a "hopeless degenerate" and expelled from art school.
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In 1920, growing recognition enabled Charles Logasa to devote himself full-time to his painting.
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Charles Logasa traveled in Europe during the 1920s, returning to establish a residence in New York City in 1928.
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When Joaquin Torres Garcia returned to Europe from New York City in 1924 and gave up his art, Charles Logasa was able to convince him to start working again.
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Charles Logasa was a director of the Society of Independent Artists, an organization created to organize annual exhibitions by avant-garde artists.
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Twenty paintings by Charles Logasa were given to the Society of Liberal Arts, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, by his sister, Hannah Logasa of Chicago.
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Charles Logasa died in New York City on February 23,1936, at the Hotel Taft.
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Charles Logasa was interred in Rock Island, Illinois, at Chippianook Cemetery.