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Charles Bensco

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Charles J. Bensco (1894 - 1960) was active/lived in Arizona, California.  Charles Bensco is known for Portrait, landscape, Indian genre, mural.

Charles J. Bensco was born on Feb. 19, 1894 in Turchok, Hungary.  At age seven Bensco came with his parents to NYC.  When a teenager he returned to Budapest to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and, upon returning to NYC, continued his training at the ASL under Blumenschein and Bridgman. 

After serving in WWI, he continued his art career in NYC as a muralist and portraitist.  In the early 1930s Bensco moved to Los Angeles and established a studio where he painted portraits of members of the movie colony and other celebrities.  In 1945 he moved to Phoenix, AZ and lived there until his death on Nov. 4, 1960.  In Arizona he turned his attention to the local landscape and Indians. 

Exh:  Eagle Rock Artists, 1929-32; Magyar Artists (LA), 1933; Woman's Club (Hollywood), 1935; LA AA, 1936; Stanford Art Gallery (Palo Alto), 1936; Ebell Club (LA), 1937 (prize); Friday Morning Club (LA), 1939; Golden Gate International Exposition of 1

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Southern California Artists 1890-1940; Who's Who in American Art 1936-59; Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Arizona Republic, 11-5-1960 (obit).



Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.

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12 Book References for Charles Bensco
Year Author Title Pages Color
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12) 547 No
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
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.		 1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Stern, Jean Painted Light: California Impressionists from the Gardena High School Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 54 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1979 Editor, Laguna Beach Museum Southern California Artists 1890-1940 216 Yes
1973 Phoenix Art Museum The Southwest The Land and the People
(Exhibition catalog)		 40 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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