Career
Foreign many years he lived in the town of Melrose, Massachusetts. While living in Honolulu he taught at the private schools Punahou and Saint Albans (now known as Iolani School). In 1885, he received the order of Chevalier of Kapiolani from King Kalakaua in "recognition of his services in advancing Hawaiian art".
He died in Hawaii in 1913.
His reputation is mainly based on the paintings he executed in Hawaii, especially those of erupting volcanoes. The Bishop Museum (Honolulu), the Brooklyn Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, Iolani Palace (Honolulu) and Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (South Hadley, Massachusetts) are among the public collections holding works by Charles Furneaux.
The auction record for a painting by Charles Furneaux is $17,260. This record was set by Kilauea, a 16 by 24 inch oil painting on canvas sold October
28, 1999 at Christie"s (Los Angeles).
