Background
Parks, Charles Cropper was born on June 27, 1922 in Onancock, Virginia, United States. Son of George Washington and Lee Swanger (Cropper) Parks.
Parks, Charles Cropper was born on June 27, 1922 in Onancock, Virginia, United States. Son of George Washington and Lee Swanger (Cropper) Parks.
Student, University Delaware-Newark, 1946-1947; student, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1947-1951.
Laboratory assistant, DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1940-1942; foreman, Cropper Machine Company, Wilmington, 1946-1960.
Trustee Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, since 1979. Trustee Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 1978-1983. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946.
Fellow National Sculpture Society (president 1976-1978 recipient Gold medal). Member National Academy Design (recipient Watrous Gold medal 1980), Delaware State Art Council, American Society Portrait Artists.
Married Inge Elizabeth Ruehl, August 12, 1942. Children: Eric Vernon, Christopher Cropper, Charles Cropper, Ingelora Lee.