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Chinatown, San Francisco [graphic].
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Title:
Chinatown, San FranciscoCreator/Contributor:
Rogers, Charles Albert, 1848-1918, creatorAbstract:
1: In Gum Gook[?] Alley, May 1901 [Possibly Com Coak Alley, also known as Sullivan's Alley, between Jackson and Pacific Streets.]
-- 2: Opium Den, Rag Picker's Alley, 1901 [Probably off Washington Street, near Kearny Street, and also known as the "Devil's
Kitchen".] -- 3: Chinese Carpenter at Work, St. Louis Alley, 1901 -- 4: The Vegetable Seller at Rag Picker's Alley, 1901 [Probably
off Washington Street, near Kearny Street, and also known as the "Devil's Kitchen".] -- 5: Rag Picker's Alley, 1901 [Probably
off Washington Street, near Kearny Street, and also known as the "Devil's Kitchen".] -- 6: Entrance to Chinese Joss House
Orrida Alley, 1901 [Possibly Oneida Place, off of Jackson Street, although there was no Joss House entrance there as of 1885.
There were two Joss Houses off of Brooklyn Place, a few yards from Oneida Place.] -- 7: In Rag Pickers Alley, 1901 [Probably
off Washington Street, near Kearny Street, and also known as the "Devil's Kitchen".] -- 8: Chinese Doorway on Pacific Street,
1901 -- 9: Sam Kee's Repair Shop, 1901 -- 10: Chinese Dwelling in Baker's Alley, 1902 [Not located on 1885 Chinatown map.]
-- 11: Church Alley, 1902 [Probably Church Court, off Washington Street.] -- 12: Chinese Kitchen/St. Louis Alley, 1902 [Off
Jackson Street.] -- 13: Doorway at #22 Bartlett Alley, 1902 [Also known as Lozier Street, running between Jackson and Pacific
Streets.]
Date:
1901-1902 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChinese -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Note:
13 oil paintings dated and signed: C.A. Rogers.
Each bears artist's original annotation as to location and date on back. Time of day is also noted on some works.
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Charles Albert Rogers (1848-1918) was born in New Haven, Connecticut on February 26, 1848. He studied art in New York City
for 15 years and had further training in Rome, Munich, and Paris. After 1877 he was in San Francisco where he painted portraits,
landscapes, coastals, and Chinatown genre in both oil and watercolor. He exhibited at the Mark Hopkins Institute in 1898 and
was active in San Francisco until the 1906 disaster. His studio at 108 Stockton Street went up in flames, taking with it 150
of his paintings, mostly scenes of the City. He then moved to Los Angeles where he exhibited at the Blanchard Bldg and Daniell
Gallery, and maintained a studio in the Chamber of Commerce Bldg until about 1913. Rogers painted in Yosemite during the summer
of 1911. He died in Alameda, California on April 26, 1918. Member: Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles; California Art Club;
San Francisco Art Ass'n. Exhibited: Mechanics' Institute Fair (San Francisco), 1895-99 (scenes of Fruitvale); Mark Hopkins
Institute, 1897; Calif. State Fair, 1902; Alaska Yukon Exposition (Seattle), 1909 (bronze medal); Blanchard Gallery (Los Angeles),
1911; San Francisco Art Ass'n, 1916. (Source of biographical notes: Kelley Gallery, Pasadena. Derived from biographical entry
by Edan Hughes.)
Finding aid with digital images is in-process.
Type:
graphicOil paintings.
Physical Description:
graphic
painting
13 paintings : oil on board ; 18 x 12 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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RESTRICTED COLLECTION: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC