Charlie harper artist giraffe birth

The family moved again, to Cincinnati, in the 1930s when Edie’s father landed a position with Procter & Gamble. They lived in an apartment on Springfield Pike while Edie attended Wyoming High School (graduating in 1939), all the while creating art at a level beyond her actual years.

The desire for formal art training burned in her heart.

Signed by Charley Harper.

Signed by Charley Harper.

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Charley Harper Illustration.

Beloved American illustrator and self-proclaimed minimal realist, Charley Harper's graphically charged and often humorous depictions of flora and fauna continue.

So in 1940, the respected Art Academy of Cincinnati welcomed Edie as one of its most eager new admissions.

On the first day of the program, on the steps of the administration building, Edie met an equally earnest young man from West Virginia, Charley Harper.

In classes and conversations, she learned that he shared her admiration of painters such as Miro and Klee. They studied printmaking with the Mable Stampler and were fortunate enough to spend a semester with legendary Josef Albers, visiting to teach his Color Theory course.

For several years afterward, Albers sent Edie his hand-screened Christmas cards.

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