1. Charles Robert Searles was an African American artist born in Philadelphia in 1937.
10 Facts About Charles Searles
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Charles Searles studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and was active from the 1960s until he died in 2004 from complications from a stroke.
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Charles Searles was one of several Black students to win the Cresson scholarship: Laura Wheeler Waring, Ellen Powell Tiberino, Raymond Saunders and Louis B Sloan.
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Charles Searles received his first commission when he was asked to paint a mural at the William H Green Federal Building in Philadelphia in 1974.
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Charles Searles was often inspired by music, and his Dancers series in 1975 showcased his ability to portray movement in his work.
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Charles Searles lived in Philadelphia until 1978, when he moved to New York City.
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Charles Searles died in 2004 and is survived by his wife, Kathleen Spicer and his daughter, Vanessa Mitchell.
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Charles Searles' work was included in the 2015 exhibition We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum.
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Charles Searles's work was displayed posthumously in an exhibition at Winston-Salem State University's Diggs Gallery.
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The papers of Charles Searles were featured in an exhibit on view at the Lawrence A Fleischmann Gallery in Washington DC from September 23,2016 - March 21,2017.