Charles Baskerville, Jr. Oil Painting "Moroccan Chief"

Item Details

Charles Baskerville Jr. (American, 1896-1994)
Moroccan Chief, late 20th century
Oil painting on canvas board
Signed to the lower right
Label present to the verso

Charles Baskerville Jr. enrolled in architecture at Cornell University and became the art director of the university’s yearbook and magazine, The Cornell University Widow. While in the hospital after being injured in combat during WWI, Baskerville made sketches of his comrades that were later published Scribner’s Magazine. He contributed to The New Yorkerunder the pseudonym, “Top Hat,” which garnered him portrait and mural commissions. During his military service in World War II, Baskerville traveled abroad as the official portrait painter of the United States Air Force. He created over sixty portraits of officers and soldiers that are currently on permanent display at the Pentagon. Paintings by Charles Baskerville Jr. are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Condition

- wear to edges of frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 19.5" W x 15.5" H.

Item #

ITMG524572