Three-quarter length painting of Buchanan in black frock coat, high white collar and stock. Signed 'Matilda Mueden, Leiseuring, 1922' Painted by Wm. M. Chase at the White House from an old engraving.
Copy of painting of Harriet Lane. Brownish-green background, lighter to lower right. Harriet Lane is seated, torso 1/4 to her left, head facing forward. Right hand in lap holding handle of gold fan. Left hand holding white handkerchief resting on table top.
Donor commissioned copy based on original portrait by G. C. Munzig in 1899. Original portrait gifted to Mr. Speer through his aunt, Mary Clarke Speer Denny, who was a companion to Harriet Lane Johnston. This copy was painted by Ted Morrow of Baltimore, Maryland. He also painted two other copies.
Original watercolor on paper. View of back entry to Wheatland with surrounding trees and pump to left of the building. Signed 'CXCarlson' lower right. Lines drawn on all four sides, creating edges/margins.
Born in Minn., 1902. A baker's apprentice at 12. worked in the iron mine, lumber camps and as a seaman for 3 years.
Studied art, at: Crane Technical College, Chicago, Ill.; Chicago Art Institute, 4 years; National Academy of Design, New York, 3 years; Art Students League, N.Y.; also in Europe --Antwerp and Munich.
Illustrator, cartoonist, mural painter and teacher in N.Y for 12 years. Mural for New Zealand Bldg at N.Y. World's Fair, also Bordens, Ford and General Motors and others.
Originator of Elsie's ancestors for the Borden Co. Murals: Linen Center, N.Y.; Ansonia Hotel, N.Y.; York, Pa.; Manheim, Pa.; Costa Rica and Guatemala, C.A.
Staff Artist and cartoonist on War Times, Pentagon, for the Bureau of Public Relations during WW II. 2 years painting, lecturing and exhibiting in the 21 American Republics in cooperation with the U.S. State Dept. in furthering the good neighbor policy. Provided two free travelling exhibits of the 21 American Republics which are exhibited from coast to coast.
Author of a series of Art Instruction books (20) that have sold in the millions. Publisher and distribution of the Carson Pocket Art Books at Kirks Mills.
Exhibited widely thru the Americas. Painting in many well know collections. Now working on a Pictorial History of Lancaster County. (source unknown)
Original watercolor on paper. Large trees in the background surround four farm buildings. A red 2-story structure on left is abutted by a gray building with doors facing the open space. A man and a boy face this building. A small boy runs from two chatting women. Beyond them a large yellow building shows windows on the second floor and the front contains two round colorful barn signs. A blacksmith's shop is on the right. Signed 'CXCarlson 1960,' lower left in painting.
Some masking tape across the top.Pieces of clear tape middle of both sides.
Object ID
1992.009.002
Notes
Biographical Notes on Charles X. Carlson (1902-1991)
Born in Minn., 1902. A baker's apprentice at 12. worked in the iron mine, lumber camps and as a seaman for 3 years.
Studied art, at: Crane Technical College, Chicago, Ill.; Chicago Art Institute, 4 years; National Academy of Design, New York, 3 years; Art Students League, N.Y.; also in Europe --Antwerp and Munich.
Illustrator, cartoonist, mural painter and teacher in N.Y for 12 years. Mural for New Zealand Bldg at N.Y. World's Fair, also Bordens, Ford and General Motors and others.
Originator of Elsie's ancestors for the Borden Co. Murals: Linen Center, N.Y.; Ansonia Hotel, N.Y.; York, Pa.; Manheim, Pa.; Costa Rica and Guatemala, C.A.
Staff Artist and cartoonist on War Times, Pentagon, for the Bureau of Public Relations during WW II. 2 years painting, lecturing and exhibiting in the 21 American Republics in cooperation with the U.S. State Dept. in furthering the good neighbor policy. Provided two free travelling exhibits of the 21 American Republics which are exhibited from coast to coast.
Author of a series of Art Instruction books (20) that have sold in the millions. Publisher and distribution of the Carson Pocket Art Books at Kirks Mills.
Exhibited widely thru the Americas. Painting in many well know collections. Now working on a Pictorial History of Lancaster County. (source unknown)
Carlson moved to Lancaster County in 1947 and lived in Kirk's Mill near Quarryville. He was commissioned to illustrate "Old Lancaster" and do 150 paintings of historic Lancaster buildings.
Original watercolor painting of Amish scene by Florence Starr Taylor, circa 1960, "Gut lewe", framed. Scene is Amish man, woman, and child in the back of a buggy; man and woman are looking out the back of the buggy; produce loaded onto rear of buggy. "Gut lewe" on top of buggy. Signed by artist, as "Florence Taylor," lower right corner.
Original watercolor painting of Amish scene by Florence Starr Taylor, circa 1960, "Seeser Seider", framed. Various pencil notations on reverse. Scene is Amish man and woman standing behind a table, food and beverages on table; man has drink raised in right hand. Keg between man and woman. Sign above keg reads " Seeser Seider." Signed by artist, as "Florence Taylor," lower right corner.
Reverse painting on glass mounted in an American Reverse Cove Gold Leaf Picture Frame, is a scene of Fort Washington from the Maryland side of the Potomac River. The moon is shaped from a piece of Mother of Pearl. The Fort served as one of the points of defense for Washington D.C. during the Civil War.
Reverse painting on glass mounted in an American 1850 Sully Gambose Picture Frame, is a scene of two houses in a rural setting near a meandering river with two people in a small boat and a sail boat down stream. The white facades of the houses are Mother of Pearl.
Pencil/charcoal and watercolor drawing of Eichholtz home on S. Lime St. in Lancaster. Drawn on orange paper and signed by Florence Taylor, 1969. Double-matted outer tan, inner green. Cherry wood colored frame labelled "Eicholtz home, S. Lime St." Framed by Dream Framer, Creative Framing and Gallery, 1645 Main St., Mountville, PA 17554. Ron Ettelman (717) 285.4931.
