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Charles S Bell

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Charles S. Bell (1935 - 1995) was active/lived in New York, Oklahoma.  Charles Bell is known for Large-scale photo real still-life painting.

A photo-realist painter of large-scale still life, Charles Bell sought with his painting to bring pictorial majesty and wonder to the mundane.  Much of his subject matter was vintage toys, gumball machines, and dolls and action figures, many of them arranged in classical poses.  He was based in New York City and born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  He created work in a scale as much as ten times life size with clear and vibrant colors. 

Bell worked out of his New York loft studio on West Broadway.  In his life time he created almost 200 works and wished to have his work reproduced and distributed as widely as possible for as long as possible.

Bell died of lymphoma on April 1, 1995, at age 60.  He had AIDS at the time of his death.  His partner of 22 years, interior decorator, Willard Ching, died of AIDS-related illness three years earlier, in 1993.

After Bell's death, Louis K. Meisel of the Louis K. Meisel Gallery be   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1499 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  18
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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Charles S. Bell
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTnews The New Hip? February 1997 King, Carol Yes
ARTnews art news NATIONAL June 1995 Editors, ART news Yes
18 Book References for Charles S. Bell
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Meisel, Louis & Chase, L Photorealism at the Millennium 224 Yes
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1994 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Realism 240 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Meisel, Louis K Photorealism Since 1980 368 Yes
1991 Geldzahler, Henry Charles Bell The Complete Works 1970-1990 144 Yes
1989 Ward, John L American Realist Painting 1945-1980 431 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1986 Deeds, Daphne Anderson Arizona Collects Twentieth Century Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1980 Lindey, Christine Superrealist Painting and Sculpture 160 Yes
1979 Frankel, Robert H New York Now
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1975 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Super Realism: A Critical Anthology 322 Yes
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