The Charcoal Club has been an arts club in
Baltimore
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Maryland
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, United States, on an intermittent basis since 1883.
History
Started as the Sketch Club in 1883 by a group of male artists in Baltimore who "desired to draw and paint from life" (meaning nude models), the Charcoal Club was incorporated in 1885. The founding officers included
Adalbert J. Volck
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Joseph Evans Sperry, Alfred Winfield Strahan, and
Lee Woodward Zeigler
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Early life and education
Born Albert Lee Zeigler, on May 7, 1 ...
. The Club held exhibitions of local and national artists and its "annual juried exhibition of contemporary American art
as..from 1911 to 1926...the high point of Baltimore's brief art season".
The club was also known for its wild annual "Bal des Arts", and in the 1920s many New York City-based artist would attend.
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References
Further reading
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Charcoal Club records, 1885-1988
from Archives of American Art
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, Smithsonian Institution
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Art museums and galleries in Maryland Maryland
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Culture of Baltimore
1883 establishments in Maryland