Charles Wysocki

Charles Wysocki Biography:
Charles Wysocki (November 16, 1928 - July 29, 2002) is a well known Americana painter. From his earliest memories as a little boy in Detroit, he loved art. He focused on it while attending Cass Technical High School and went on to apprentice at a few local art studios. After his two year stint in Germany during the Korean War in the early 1950s, he earned a degree in design and advertising illustration from the Art Center School in Los Angeles on the GI Bill. With his education, he returned to Detroit to work for McNamera Brothers. However, he eventually began to miss California, so he joined with three other artists to form the freelance ad agency Group West' in Los Angeles. It was there that he met his wife Elizabeth, a young art student from UCLA. They married on July 29, 1960.  >>click here for more