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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Described as "Vermont's most prolific and accomplished scenic artist"
working all over the state between 1885 and 1915, Charles Henry was
born in Guilford, Vermont and with his family then settled in North
Ferrisburgh. He also did scene painting for theatres in New
Hampshire, New York and Canada, and this activity followed a time when
he was a machinist and china painter. In his scene painting and
curtain repertoire were a "mill pond, a rustic cabin interior, a fancy
parlor interior and a street scene." About 50 of his works are
still in existence. One of them, a "spectacular Roman chariot
race curtain" is in Westminster, and others are in Concord, Huntington,
Hardwick, Albany and Saxtons River.
With his family, he traveled and in addition to painting scenery, they
performed music and vaudeville plays and, on the road for several
months at a time, called themselves the Henry Theatrical Players.
They traveled in a horse-drawn wagon and later a Model T Ford, which
carried their costumes and musical instruments.
Source:
Christine Hadsel, "Vermont Painted Theater Curtains", American Art Review, October 2006, pp. 132-138
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