1818-1867,American painter. After an unsuccessful attempt to obtain an appointment at West Point Military Academy, he turned to an artistic career. He quickly earned recognition at the annual exhibitions of the National Academy of Design, New York, to which he was elected an associate member in 1839, with subjects taken from James Fenimore Cooper, such as the Turkey Shoot (c. 1837; Richmond, VA Mus. F.A.), and from Washington Irving, The Devil and Tom Walker (1838; Richard P. W. Williams priv. col.).   Related Paintings of Charles Deas :. | The Voyageurs | Prairie Fire | Man | The Devil and Tom Walker | The Voyageurs |
Related Artists:
Henrik Nordenberg
painted Interior with a boy at a window in 1857-1928
johann christian Claussen Dahl
1788-1857
John Samuel Blunt
b.Portsmouth 1798 d.At Sea 1835