Charles Abel Corwin

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Charles Abel Corwin
Corwin in 1923
Born(1857-01-06)January 6, 1857
DiedJanuary 28, 1938(1938-01-28) (aged 81)
OccupationStaff artist at the Field Museum of Natural History

Charles Abel Corwin (January 6, 1857 – January 28, 1938) was an American painter and lithographer.

He was a staff artist at the Field Museum of Natural History from 1903 to 1938. He mainly worked on the museum murals and the habitat background preparation. He also taught at the Art Institute in Chicago. [1][2]

In the 1910 American Art Annual, he was listed as being based in Haworth, New Jersey.[3]

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  1. ^ "Charles Abel Corwin (1857–1938)". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Charles A. Corwin, Museum Artist, 81. Member of Staff of Chicago Natural History Center for 35 Years Dead". The New York Times. January 28, 1938. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  3. ^ American Art Annual, Volume 7. p. 112. MacMillan Company, 1910. Retrieved March 31, 2016. "Corwin, Charles Abel, Haworth, N. J."

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