Charles William Bolsius (June 23, 1907 – March 23, 1983) was a Dutch-born American painter. He was born in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, the youngest in an upper-middle-class bourgeoisie family. His father ran the regional Gas Works and Bolsius formally studied art in The Hague before emigrating to the United States and moving to New Mexico in the early 1930s. He quickly assimilated into the art communities of Albuquerque and Santa Fe showing with the significant artist of the period. Bolsius had artistically matured within Dutch - German Expressionism. His woodblock handprints, using subject matter from the American West, capitalized on flat, bold, stark patterns and rough-hewn effects that were hallmarks of the expressionist woodblock tradition. His heavy light-filled moody paintings with cloudy brooding skies combined expressionistic influences with expansive western landscapes and the optimism of American impressionism. His work was critically recognized and exhibited at major museums and galleries throughout New Mexico and Arizona.
Bolsius settled in Tucson in 1934. With his brother, Adrian "Pete" Bolsius, and sister-in-law Nan Bolsius the trio purchased the adobe ruins of the Fort Lowell Post Traders Store, (seven miles northeast of downtown Tucson) rebuilding it over the next decade into one of the great examples of Pueblo Revival architecture in Arizona.[1] Together they established the Fort Lowell Arts Colony. Bolsius is known for his paintings, woodblock prints, architectural design, and hand-carved Spanish colonial revival furniture and doors.[2]
Charles Bolsius, drawing, New Mexico Adobe
^McKenney, J. Wilson. “Just an Old Army Canteen,” The Desert Magazine, El Centro California, May 1938, 23.
^Wadsworth, Beula M. La Saetas, A Home Integrated with Creative Arts and Crafts. School Arts, Stanford University, Mar. 1944, 229.
New Mexico and Arizona. Bolsius settled in Tucson in 1934. With his brother, Adrian "Pete" Bolsius, and sister-in-law Nan Bolsius the trio purchased the...
CharlesBolsius House, also called "Casa Bienvenidos", is a significant example of the architectural work of artist and designer CharlesBolsius and an...
part of the Aspen Fire. CharlesBolsius passed away in March 1983, shortly after the completion of the LeaChar House. Leora Bolsius resided in the home until...
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in this small community. Notable artists included Dutch-born artist CharlesBolsius, Black Mountain College instructor and photographer Hazel Larson Archer...
the design-build project was led by Dutch-born artist CharlesBolsius, with Nan and Pete Bolsius. The project included hand-carved doors, exposed beams...
design-build project was led by Dutch-born artist CharlesBolsius, with brother and sister-in-law Nan and Pete Bolsius. The project, a series of five residences...
(born 1954), painter and illustrator Helen Berman (born 1936), painter CharlesBolsius (1907–1983), painters and print maker Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516)...
Gallery exhibit alongside noted Tucson artists Hutton Webster Jr., CharlesBolsius, and Ray Strange. Schweitzer said, “I paint pictures for the same reason...
Exhibition in 1940 where she was staying with friend and fellow artist CharlesBolsius. She continued to contribute to the art community in Albuquerque, managing...
Albuquerque, Redin collaborated with fellow artists such as Ben Turner, CharlesBolsius, Nils Hogner, and Carl Von Hassler, forming the city's community of...
fried. The Cheury's were neighbors of painter and furniture maker CharlesBolsius. By the late 1950s at her home off Craycroft Road, Cheury she built...
roof. The entry doors were carved out of sugar pine by Tucson artist CharlesBolsius, a friend of Kerr. The windows are plain squares with brick windowsills...
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