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Birth
1897 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Death
1990 (Spartenburg, South Carolina)
Lived/Active
South Carolina
Often Known For
portrait and landscape painting, wood-block prints
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August Charles Cook (1897-1990), was born in Philadelphia, the child of
a salesman and amateur artist (Charles Cook) and a mother who developed
an appreciation of fine furniture craftsmanship (Ann Buckley Cook).
His education included training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
(1917-1924), where he won its most prestigious award, the William Emlen
Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship, in 1921. He also studied at
Harvard University.
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