Charles Stafford Duncan
{{Short description|American painter}}
{{For|the New York avant-garde painter|Charles Duncan (artist)}}
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| name = Charles Stafford Duncan
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| image = Paramount_Ladies_Lounge.jpg#file
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| alt = Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California). Women's Smoking Lounge in basement with mural by Charles Stafford Duncan
| caption = Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California). Women's Smoking Lounge with mural by Charles Stafford Duncan
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| birth_date = December 12, 1892
| birth_place = Hutchinson, Kansas
| death_date = June 7, 1952
| death_place = New York City
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| nationality = American
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| alma_mater = California School of Fine Arts (CSFA)
| known_for = Painting portraits and murals
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| movement = Modernism
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Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952) was a San Francisco painter and lithographer perhaps best known for his mural in the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California. He won the Benjamin Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design in 1937.
Biography
Duncan was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on December 12, 1892. At age four he moved with his family to San Francisco. He studied at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) under Maynard Dixon and Ralph Stackpole.{{Cite book|title = The Life of Maynard Dixon|last = Hagerty|first = Donald J.|publisher = Gibbs Smith|year = 2010|isbn = 978-1423603795|url = https://books.google.com/books?}} Early in his career, Charles Stafford Duncan worked at the advertising firm Foster & Kleiser under another Charles Duncan. This has caused some researchers to confuse them with one another.{{Cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/70303318/|title = Daily Independent Journal of San Rafael|date = June 9, 1952|access-date = November 7, 2014}} His painting style was modernist, and was affiliated with other left-leaning, bohemian San Francisco artists who gathered around Diego Rivera, including Otis Oldfield and Ralph Stackpole.{{Cite web|url = http://www.fridakahlo.it/en/scheda-news.php?id=31#prettyPhoto|title = Unknown drawing of Frida and Diego at the Oakland Museum|date = October 18, 2014|access-date = November 7, 2014|website = Frida Kahlo and Contemporary Thoughts}}
In 1931 Charles Stafford Duncan worked with architecture firm Miller and Pflueger (under the supervision of architect Timothy L. Pflueger and artistic director Theodore C. Bernardi) on the art deco Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California).{{Cite book|title = Designing Women: Cinema, Art Deco, and the Female Form|last = Fischer|first = Lucy|publisher = Columbia University Press|year = 2013|isbn = 978-0231500579|pages = 188|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=xRYCrmRngeQC&q=Charles+Stafford+Duncan+paramount}} He created the murals for the basement women's smoking lounge.{{Cite web|url = http://www.paramounttheatre.com/history3.html|title = History of the Paramount Theatre|access-date = November 7, 2014|website = Paramount Theatre|archive-date = January 8, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100108012750/http://www.paramounttheatre.com/history3.html|url-status = dead}}
He was a resident of San Francisco until 1945, when he moved to Sausalito, California.
He died in New York City on June 7, 1952, at age 59 after returning from a trip to Paris. He was survived by his wife, artist Dorothy Johnson Duncan and his daughter Jane.
Work
= Notable exhibitions =
- San Francisco Art Association (SFAA), 1924-39 (medals & prizes);{{Cite web|url = http://www.askart.com/askart/d/charles_stafford_duncan/charles_stafford_duncan.aspx|title = Charles Stafford Duncan (1892 - 1952)|access-date = November 7, 2014|website = Ask Art}}
- Beaux Arts Gallery (San Francisco), 1927, 1928;
- Bohemian Club, 1927, 1928 (prize);
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), 1928, 1930;
- Pacific Southwest Exposition (Long Beach), 1928 (gold medal);
- Detroit Institute of Art, 1929;
- California Palace of the Legion of Honor (CPLH), 1930 (prize);
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 1932;
- California Palace of Fine Arts, 1932;
- Whitney Museum (New York),1933;
- Painting and Sculpture from 16 American Cities, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, 1933–1934;{{Cite web|title=Charles Stafford Duncan|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/65437|access-date=2020-09-18|website=The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)|language=en}}
- de Young Museum, 1935;
- California Pacific International Exposition, 1935;
- San Francisco Museum of Art (now called San Francisco Museum of Modern Art or SFMoMA), 1935, 1938 (solo), 1950, 1952;
- National Academy of Design (NAD), 1937 (prize),
- Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE), 1939;
- Seattle Museum, 1940
= Memberships =
References
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External links
- [http://art.famsf.org/charles-stafford-duncan Charles Stafford Duncan works in the collection at Fine Art Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF)]
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Category:People of the New Deal arts projects
Category:Works Progress Administration workers
Category:Painters from California
Category:San Francisco Art Institute alumni
Category:People from Hutchinson, Kansas
Category:20th-century American painters
Category:American male painters
Category:People from Sausalito, California
Category:Artists from Marin County, California
Category:20th-century American male artists
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