Charles Wyndham Watson (August 30, 1915 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada – April 20, 2002 in Kaneohe, Hawaii), was an American sculptor. After working as an apprentice carpenter during the

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, Watson studied engineering briefly at

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. He came to Hawaii after World War II as a manager for McNeil Construction. In 1950, he moved to Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company as a general superintendent and worked his way up to become president. His son

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is also a Hawaii-based sculptor. His body of work included both figurative subjects and large abstract works, such as ''Tree'' in

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. His sculptures in public places include:Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
/ref> * ''To the Nth Power'', 1971,

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* ''Pueo'', 1980,

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* ''Ka Mea Kui Upena'', 1989, intersection of South King Street & Kapiolani Boulevard,

* ''Giraffe'' (1959) and ''Ostrich'' (1960),

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* ''Hawaiian with O O'', 1978, Hawaiian Dredging & Construction Company, 614 Kapahulu Avenue,

* ''

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'' (Feathered helmet), 1983, pair of stone sculptures, The Halekulani Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii * ''Tree'', 1974,

References

Charles W. Watson in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
* ''Hawaii Artreach'', “Art in Public Places”, Vol. 15, Nos. 3 & 4, Winter 2001, p. 13. * Radford, Georgia & Warren Radford, ''Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces'', Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1978, pp. 58, 97.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Charles Wyndham Artists from Hawaii Modern sculptors 1915 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors