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Birth
1835 (Near Hollis, Maine)
Death
1906 (New York, New York)
Lived/Active
Maine
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sculptor, crayon artist-portrait
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These Notes from AskART represent the beginning of a possible future biography for this artist. Please click here if you wish to help in its development:
| The brother of sculptor Benjamin Akers, Charles Akers was a sculptor and crayon portraitist who studied in Rome, Italy with his brother in the mid 1850s. He returned to New York City and established a studio and in the 1870s moved to Waterbury, Connecticut.
Source: Grove and Wallace, "Dictionary of Artists in America" |
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