![]() ![]() The circumstances of his life formed the man and artist he was to become. Charles said of his work that its purpose was to “amuse and punish.” In Charles’ work there was first a humorous delight as we got the “joke,” but then continued to the deeper message and a proffered mirror. ![]() Each of these artists in his own way cast an eye on the society of their times - the institutions, the culture, the behaviors of the classes, religion, work, life, death, ambiguity and irony. His work resides within a long narrative tradition that begins with Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel, and extends through Francisco Goya, William Hogarth, Honoré Daumier, into Al Hirschfeld and Ralph Steadman. He worked every day - up to his very last.Ĭharles pushed away compliments and became uncomfortable when I spoke publicly about his importance as an artist of our time. All of these qualities came together in a man of uncommon warmth, uncompromising dedication to his craft and a determination to keep on moving and growing as an artist and a man. He was an amalgam of many parts: a supremely gifted visual artist, a storyteller and a witty writer, a deeply educated classicist, a keen observer of human nature and a comic. I’ve never known anyone like him, nor is it likely that I ever will again.
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