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| Soule Family of Dayton
Two generations of artists who, over sixty year period, painted
countless portraits and still lifes all across Ohio and along both
sides of the Ohio River.
Charles Soule (1809 –1869), the father, ran away from his Chillicothe
home and at seventeen settled in Dayton. Soon he took to the road as
an itinerant portrait painter, traveling as far as St. Louis (and
perhaps New Orleans). He spent a few years in and around Cincinnati,
where he exhibited at the Western Art Union, but he returned frequently
to Dayton.
Charles Soule, Jr. (1835-1897), also became a traveling artist,
working his way along the Ohio River to Portsmouth, Pomeroy, and
Ripley, as well as towns in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Clara Soule (1834-?), the oldest daughter, headed the art department of
the Cooper Female Seminary, Dayton, in the late 1850’s, then painted
portraits in Cincinnati, Warren, Cleveland, and finally, New York City.
Octavia Soule (1844-1908) made a specialty of still lifes.
Ella Soule (1848-?) was a china painter.
Works by the Soules are on view at the Dayton Art Institute.
Source:
Mary S. Haverstock, Timeline, by the Ohio Historical Society, March – June 2003. (Submitted by Edward Bentley, Art Researcher from Lansing, Michigan
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Charles Soule, Sr. was brought to Dayton, Ohio as a two year old, and in his teen years, began painting signs and carriages there and at Greenfield, Ohio. He was orphaned at the age of ten, and went to live with his aunt Eleanor and uncle Joseph Thoits Moore, (1796-1854) a naive style portrait painter.
At age sixteen, Charles Soule moved to Dayton, Ohio with Samuel Dolly to work in his carriage works, and Dolly is said to have encouraged him to paint portraits. In 1827, Charles went into business for himself and married Elizabeth Mead in 1830. Between 1849 and 1851, he lived in Cincinnati.
He continued as ornamental and portrait painter and had a shop selling painting and framing supplies. He eventually turned to portraits and painted in several Ohio cities in the mid-thirties and later. He subsequently spent several years in New York City, but in 1856 returned to Ohio.
He had two daughters and a son who were artists: Clara, Octavia, and Charles Soule, Jr .
Source:
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
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