Charles Abel Corwin was a lithographer and painter, although his speciality was museum
murals and habitat background preparation. Born in Newburgh New York, he began his art
studies in New York City, and then studied in Munich with the celebrated artist Frank
Duveneck. Most of Corbin’s active career was in New York City, although he also spent a
great deal of time in Chicago where he taught at the Art Institute. He belonged to the
Chicago Society of Artists, the Salmagundi Club and the Bronx Artist Guild. Corbin’s work
was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1900) where he won a prize, the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Art between 1901 and 1906, the Chicago Society of Artists, the Boston Art
Club (1906-7), the California Artists, Golden Gate Memorial Museum (1916), the San
Francisco Art Association, and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor (1916).
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