Artist Charles Porter Mattox
From the Artists Series. Charles Portrer Mattox was born in Bronson, Kansas, July 21, 1910. He was a kinetic sculptor, printmaker and teacher. During the Great Depression, he worked for the federally sponsored WPA He served as an assistant to the great Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera, on the murals at the New York Radio City. In the late 1930s, he moved to Hollywood, CA where he built sets and designed animation equipment. Mattox taught at several institutions around the United States, including the Karn Art Institute in Los Angeles, the University of California at Berkeley, the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of New Mexico. In addition to pioneering the development of kinetic sculpture, he also took an interest in the application of computer graphics to art. He died in Albuquerque, NM, in 1995.
7 responses
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Julie Hrudova gave props (14 Dec 2008):
this portrait is amazing, composition, light, black white. yeah
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david ong gave props (14 Dec 2008):
very nice Charles, very nice.
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Gary Fudge gave props (14 Dec 2008):
This is an incredibly understated portrait. It has spontaneity to it as if captured for the moment.
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Mary Ann Reilly gave props (14 Dec 2008):
i love this series Charles.
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Regenia Brabham gave props (15 Dec 2008):
Terrific portrait. I like how you set up the background
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Jon-Erik Kroon gave props (15 Dec 2008):
wonderful Photo document....you were at this point in time of the artisitsd existance.....and I am glad you had your camera..for real eal artists will be a thang of the past!
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Pablo Jimenez said (21 Dec 2008):
I like the simplicity of the potrait!
