August Charles Cook (1897-1990), was born in Philadelphia and lived in South Carolina. August Cook is known for portrait and landscape painting. Cook was an incredibly talented artist, a man who would combine color and contemporary brush strokes to form realistic images of people. He was a gifted artist who loved to create paintings. August Charles received his formal training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in (1917-1924), where Cook won its most prestigious award, the William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship, in 1921. He was a child of a salesman and his mother who developed an appreciation of fine furniture craftsmanship. He also studied at Harvard University. His wife Irma Cook was an artist of significance. They both significantly influenced the art in cities of Greenville and Spartanburg in the 20th century.
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The painting made with oil and the size of the painting is 17in x 20in. The self-portrait was created in 1995. In the picture, his eyes look out, capturing and pinning me the moment I enter the museum. I feel as if I had disturbed him while he was painting. His hands are not visible. In fact, no skin other than his face is visible. Perhaps his hands would have taken some of the light away from his face, and he wanted to draw the audience's attention immediately to his face. In the painting, the intimidating part of Cook’s personality is evident in the artist’s tightly set jaw and the rigidity of his brow, both accented by the works’ sharp background gradient. The artist’s face takes up much of the painted surface of his head and creating a little sense of openness and
The painting made with oil and the size of the painting is 17in x 20in. The self-portrait was created in 1995. In the picture, his eyes look out, capturing and pinning me the moment I enter the museum. I feel as if I had disturbed him while he was painting. His hands are not visible. In fact, no skin other than his face is visible. Perhaps his hands would have taken some of the light away from his face, and he wanted to draw the audience's attention immediately to his face. In the painting, the intimidating part of Cook’s personality is evident in the artist’s tightly set jaw and the rigidity of his brow, both accented by the works’ sharp background gradient. The artist’s face takes up much of the painted surface of his head and creating a little sense of openness and