Charles William Cain (1893–1962) was an English artist and Orientalist printmaker. His work is held in the British Museum and the V&A Museum.
Life and career
editBorn in Surrey,[1] Cain attended the Camberwell School of Art and then the Royal College of Art under Frank Short.[1] He worked as an illustrator cartoonist for the Johannesburg Star[2] before serving in World War I with the British Army as part of the Border Regiment. After the war the Imperial War Museum purchased some of his drawings.[2] Much of his work included scenes from India and the Middle East. His work is held in the V&A Museum, the British Museum, the National Gallery of Art in the USA, the Yale Center for British Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[3][4][1][5][6][7]
Cain was exhibited at the Royal Academy regularly from 1921 to 1959.[8]
During his lifetime his work received considerable coverage from notable publications such as the Illustrated London News[9][10] the Westminster Gazette[11] the Belfast Telegraph, The Scotsman and the Aberdeen Press and Journal.[12]
Publications
edit- 'Charles W. Cain : catalogue of drypoints.', pub Greatorex and Corner & Wood co, 1927.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Charles William Cain". Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Loading... | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz.
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Bonhams : Charles William Cain (British, 1893-1962) (together with two etchings by Charles W. Cain and James Young. (3))". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "The Port, Basrah | Cain, Charles William | V&A Search the Collections". V and A Collections. 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Basrah Creek - YCBA Collections Search". collections.britishart.yale.edu.
- ^ "Artist Info: Charles William Cain". www.nga.gov.
- ^ "Index". chronicle250.com.
- ^ "Illustrated London News 1930". iln.org.uk.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001578/19250411/067/0013 – via British Newspaper Archive.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Results for '"charles w. cain"' | British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Results for '"charles w. cain"' | British Newspaper Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Charles W. Cain catalogue of drypoints: the Korner & Wood Co. ... Cleveland. Korner & Wood. 28 January 1927. OCLC 793208541 – via Open WorldCat.