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Charlotte Bass came to El Paso in 1966 to after a long successful career in painting. She continued her work in El Paso and was a well-known art teacher. She studied painting with George Luks, Charles Hawthrone. Bass exhibited paintings in New York and one of her painting, " The Portuguese Girl" was purchased by the Brooklyn Museum. Bass exhibited at Sun Carnival, El Paso Art Association annual member shows. Bass once said to El Paso Times Reporter, Betty Pierce that she did not believe in formulas for painting. She did agree with some standard notions about portrait paintings, for example, she did not think flesh tones were not a standard of a few special pigments but believed the color of a person skin tone must be done based on the color of the subject clothing and lighting. She taught art classes at the YWCA. She worked as Arts Editor of Modern Bride Magazine Editor and World Petroleum. Bass studied in Cape Cod with Charles Hawthorne and at Art Student League and National Academy of Design. image courtesy of UTEP Library Special Collections

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Pioneering Women Artists in El Paso

Sep 15, 2018 1 min read EPCHS

See photos of the pioneering women artists in the El Paso area.

 

-Joseph Longo