American portrait Painter, 1785-1862
American painter. He was encouraged to paint by his grandfather, Nathaniel Bird (d 1796), an amateur painter, and took lessons with Samuel King, a portrait painter. In 1800-05 he was apprenticed in New York to Edward Savage, whose curious studio-museum and period of study abroad with Benjamin West impressed him deeply. Related Paintings of king Charles Bird :. | Naw-Kaw | John Caldwell Calhoun | Der Wanderkunstler | Die Vergeblichkeit des Kunstlers | Elizabeth Meade Creighton | Related Artists: Simon Kick 1603-1652 Dutch Girolamo Induno 13/12/1825 - 18/12/1890 Otto Boetticher Circa 1816-