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Friend and fellow artist Paul Bransom said Charles Nicholas Sarka "never drew a bad line." Sarka (1879-1960) was a cartoonist, illutrator and painter, whose career began while he was still in his teens. His work appeared in major illustrated magazines including Colliers, Judge, Harpers, and Scribners. In the 1930s, the Great Depression brought him financial difficulties when work became scarce. His career never fully recovered, yet every day at Canada Lake he painted at least one watercolor.
Sarka's view of the old man tending a fire was painted at his camp in Canada Lake shortly after he purchased it. The neighborhood boasted a small colony of artists including Bransom and Clare Victor Dwiggins, a fellow cartoonist.
Sarka's view of the old man tending a fire was painted at his camp in Canada Lake shortly after he purchased it. The neighborhood boasted a small colony of artists including Bransom and Clare Victor Dwiggins, a fellow cartoonist.
Title:
Old Camper, Adirondacks
Artist:
Sarka, Charles Nicolas
Date:
1910 ca.
Catalog #:
1963.076.0001
Slide #:
14 of 35
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