Background
Charles Jay was born on August 11, 1855 in New York, United States. Son of Charles John and Elizabeth (MacDonald) Taylor.
Charles Jay was born on August 11, 1855 in New York, United States. Son of Charles John and Elizabeth (MacDonald) Taylor.
New York public schools. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1874. Studied art, National Academy Design, Art Students’ League, and London and Paris. Honorary Master of Arts, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1911.
Has exhibited at National Academy Design, Society American Artists, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Salon, Paris, World’s Fair, Chicago, Paris Exposition, 1900. Honorable mention Pan-American Exposition, 1901. Medal, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1907.
American Federation Arts, National Geography Society, Pittsburgh Artists’ Association, Pittsburgh Architectural. Club.; Member International Jury Award in Fine Arts, Panama-P.I. Exposition, 1915 (medal for distinguished services in art, 1919).
Married Mary Adelaide Levison, February 23, 1876. Children: Adelaide, Virginia.