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Charles "Li" Hidley (March 13, 1921 – June 9, 2003) was an American painter who studied in NYC during the New York School〔As The Paint Dries, Carrie Wissler-Thomas, 2013 Sunbury Press〕 and created Abstract Expressionist works in Harrisburg, PA〔Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who In American Art, 1564-1975, Sound View Press〕 from 1966 to the 1990s.〔''Central PA Magazine,'' Oct 1997〕 ==Life and career== Born in Troy NY, Hidley lost his father during boyhood and was relocated by his mother to NYC in the 1930s. Young Charlie shortened his nickname to "Li" in these years, and was known by that moniker for the rest of his life. He developed a passion for writing science fiction, some of which was published by a science fiction writers' organization when he was a teen.〔Art Association of Harrisburg, http://www.artassocofhbg.com〕 During WWII he served as an Army Staff Sergeant, stationed in Panama from 1942-45. With the GI Bill he studied at the Art Students League from 1947–49, in Mexico City's Escuela de Pintura y Escultura from 1949–50, at the Brooklyn Museum School of Art, and again at the Art Students League from 1957-60. He worked as a librarian at Cooper Union and as a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was an avid reader of Jungian thought and mythology, themes that are prominent in his paintings. He relocated to Harrisburg in 1966.〔City Beat Newspaper, Harrisburg, May 1997〕 In 1971 he had a solo exhibition at the State Museum of PA (then the William Penn Museum).〔State Museum of PA, http://www.statemuseumpa.org〕 He showed in exhibitions at the ''Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts'',〔Falk, Peter Hastings, Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pa Academy of Fine Arts, Sound View Press〕 Cooper Union, the Brooklyn Museum of Art,〔http://www.askart.com〕 and elsewhere.〔Jablonski, J. Surrealism in 2012--Toward the world of the fifth sun: An exhibition of the international Surrealist movement. List of artists and artworks at http://surrealismin2012.org/Surrealism_2012_catalog.pdf〕 At the Art Association of Harrisburg he was an instructor beginning in 1979 and eventually became curator. He died at age 82. In 2015, a work of Hidley's was included at the State Museum of PA in a governor's inaugural exhibition of 55 notable artists over 250 years of PA history, including Eakins, Wyeth, and Warhol.〔State Museum of PA, http://www.statemuseumpa.org〕 That year, Hidley was given a solo exhibition also at the Art Association of Harrisburg.〔Art Association of Harrisburg, http://www.artassocofhbg.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Li Hidley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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