Charles Wysocki Artist Art Prints "Living room artwork"

CHARLES WYSOCKI (1928-2002) was born in Detroit MI. He always wanted to be an artist. He was drafted in 1950 and after his two-year obligation in the Army, he decided to trade in his rifle for a paintbrush. So Charles attended Art Center in Los Angeles (it is now in Pasadena) on the G.I. Bill. After completing his studies, and majoring in design and advertising illustration, Charles joined the staff of freelance artists at McNamara Brothers in Detroit.

Moving to the West Coast, Charles formed an advertising agency with three other artists called Group West. His clients included General Tire, Unocal, Carnation, Chrysler, United California Bank, Otis Elevator Company and Dow Chemical.

Then he met his wife to be, and she unleashed the primitive artist that was buried within him. Elizabeth's family was one of the first to settle in the San Fernando Valley and Charles was enamored by the simplicity of this farm life and its wholesome values. This was a major turning point for him...and it was the beginning of Charles, the primitive artist.

After Charles did a one-man show at which he sold every painting in this style, he decided to leave commercial art for good and focus on his Americana art. For most of the 1960's, he made a good living off of the original paintings he sold. In 1972, Charles started his relationship with AMCAL. Together they published the first Americana Calendar. He also traveled around the country and made personal appearances at galleries all over the United States.

Charles won many awards for his work including one he is most proud of, receiving the medal of honor from the National Society Daughter's of the American Revolution, the society's highest national honor. Charles published two books during this time. He was also invited to the White House Independence Day celebration in 1981 (for which he did a painting that supposedly still hangs there).

In this Collection! 1776 Flag 2 Cats 2 Fat Cats 3 Homes 4th of July All Burned Out American Art American Artwork American Flag American Flags Another Hard Day at the Office Antique Store Antiques Art Gallery Art Prints Artist Artwork Ashley and Grimes Bakery Carriage Barefoot Barn Bats Beach Bears Bell Big Cats Big Church Big Homes Big Red Heart Birchpoint Cove Black Birds Black Cat Black Moon Blowing Horn Blue Skies Blue Skys Boat Boats Bookcase Books Bottles Bread and Butter Farms Broomstick Buggies Buggy Buggys Bundled Corn Stalks Burma Road Busy Scene Cachin Bugs Calm Day Cameraman Carriage Carriages Cat Cats Cats Sleeping Celebrating America Celebration Charles Wysocki Chickens Children Children Playing Christmas Eve Christmas Tree Christmastime Church Churchyard Christmas Classic Tails Clock Close Friends Cocoa Break at the Copperfields Cottage Cottages Country Country Road Country Store Country Town Countryside Covered Bridge Cows creek Crickethawk Harbor Custom Framed Delivery Carriage Dinnertime Discounts Docked Dog Doves East Coast Eastern Village Egg Farm Elmer and Loretta Hangin Out Fall Family Farmers Market Fat Cats Fine Art Fireplace Fish Fishing Fishing Tackle Store Flirting Flying Kite Fragrances Frederick the Literate Free Collectors Club free shipping Frozen Frozen Stream Full Moon Gallery4Collectors Giclee Canvas Group Gulls Nest Halloween Hand in Hand Hawk River Hollow Hellraisers Passing the House of Seven Gables on Halloween Night Hobby Horse Holiday Lights Home Decor Home Sweet Home Homes Horse Horses House House by the Sea House Movers I Hope Your Seas are Calm Ice Skating Icecicles Icecycles Imeralda Jaggers Hapzalilly and Cronies Inn Jayson Sparkin the Lighthouse Keepers Daughter Kites Lake Lighthouse Little Boy Living Room Artwork Lots of Playthings Love Lovers Lovers Waltz Malcolm Chastaine Crabtree Max in the Stacks Monty Minding the Store Moonlight Passage Movers Nantucket Winds No sales tax Nostalgic Nostalgic Art Nostalgic Artwork Oceanside Oceanside Town October Ohio Old Drug Store Old Glory Farms Olde Nantucket Online Gallery Owl Pair of Birds Paper Prints Paperboys Pappercricket Farms Patriotic Decorations People Perfumes Picket Fence Plumbellys Playground Pond Presents Promises Promises Pumpkin with Eyes Pumpkings Pumpkins Quaint Town Quilts For Sale Rally at Dandelion Mill Raven Reading Bible Red Sled Red Whale Inn Reindeer Remington the Well Read Reunion River Root Beer Brack at the Butterfields Row Boat Row of Sleds Sailboat Sailboats Sand Santa Clause Santas Coming to Town Scary Scene Sea Captains Wife Praying Seagulls Seaside Seaside Town Ship Shoreline Skating Skeleton Sleds Sleeping Sleeping Cat Small Harbor Small House Small Sailboat Small Seaside Settlement Small Town Small Town Christmas Smoke Creek Landing Snow Snowman So Proudly We Hail Steeple Stores Stormy Skys Stream Summertime Sunny Afternoon Sunnyside Up Sunset Supper Call Sweetheart Hotel Teddy Bears Theres a Right Way Thinking About Horatio Timeout Tired Cat Tis the Season Too Pooped to Participate Top Hats Toying with Dinner Tradition Tree Two Boys Vegetables Victorian House Victorian Style Walking Home Wall Art Warm and Cozy Waterfall Watermelon Patch Waterwheel Windy Hillside Winter Wishful Thinking Witch Woman Woman Walking Women Talking Wooden Birds Workers Young Hearts at Sea Young Man Young Woman

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