Charles Banks Wilson From The Ozarks & Beyond

Charles Banks Wilson
From The Ozarks & Beyond

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Charles Banks Wilson
From The Ozarks & Beyond

Charles Banks Wilson was born in Springdale, Arkansas and grew up in the further-most part of the Ozarks in Miami, Oklahoma. From the Ozarks, Wilson built a national reputation as one of America’s great artists.

A great achievement of Charles was illustrating over 65 pure blood Indians representative of their respective tribes. Mr. Wilson was also a renowned portrait artist of individuals such as Will Rogers, Jim Thorpe, Woody Guthrie and his lifelong friend Thomas Hart Benton. Seven of his portraits hang in the Oklahoma State Capitol.