Background
Alston, Charles Henry was born on November 28, 1907 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Primus Priss and Anna (Miller) Alston.
Alston, Charles Henry was born on November 28, 1907 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Primus Priss and Anna (Miller) Alston.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1929, Master of Arts, 1931.
One man shows include Oppenheimer Gallery, Chicago, 1950, John Heller Gallery, New York City, 1953-1957, Feingarten Gallery, New York City, 1958, Dunbarton Gallery, Boston, 1960, Gallery Modern Art, New York City, 1969, Atlanta U. Center, 1972. Group exhibitions include Metropolitan Museum Art, Whitney Museum American Art, Museum Modern Art, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, Baltimore Museum Art, High Museum, Atlanta. Representative permanent collections Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum, Detroit Museum, U. Nebraska, Atlanta University, Howard University, Art Students League, New York City, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation.
Executed murals Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, Los Angeles, 1948, Harlem Hospital, New York City, 1969, Museum Natural History, New York City, 1960, College City New York, 1960, Abraham Lincoln High School, New York City, 1961, Harriet Tubman Junior High School, New York City, 1962.
Mosaic murals for Bronx County Family and Criminal Court Building, Bronx, New York, 1972. Illustrator Fortune magazine, 1943-1977, New Yorker magazine, 1937-1977, Red Book, 1936-1977, Colliers, 1935-1977, Mademoiselle, 1940-1977, others
Artist-critic Museum Modern Art, 1956-1957, New School Social Research, 1961-1962. Artist Office of War Information, 1940-1941.
Instructor Arts Students League, 1950-1977.
Associate professor College City New York, 1970-1973, professor, 1973-1977.
Member of advisory board National Council Arts, 1968-1969. Member screening committee painting Institute International Education, 1968. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1944.
Grantee Institute Arts and Letters, 1958.
Married Myra Adele Logan, April.