JEAN CHARLOT 1898-1979

Biography: Jean Charlot studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris before serving in the French Army during World War I. His mother, with her French, Mexican and Jewish lineage, introduced him to Mexico in 1920, where he sketched for archeologists excavating Mayan ruins. He became enthused with his Mexican heritage, as evident in a series of mural paintings in Mexico City assisting Diego Rivera and other members of the Syndicate of Painters and Sculptors. Charlot is credited by Rivera for reviving and refining the fresco technique that he used. After working from 1929 with lithography printer George Miller in New York, Charlot began a lifetime collaboration in 1933 with Lynton R. Kistler, master lithography printer in Los Angeles, reputedly making the first stone-drawn color lithographs in the United States.

Chronology: [Click For Chrono PDF]



Exhibitions at Tobey C. Moss Gallery:



  2001 Latin Flavors

  1994 Jean Charlot: 1930s to 1970s, Drawings and Lithographs

  1988 Jean Charlot: Paintings, Prints, Drawings

Photograpy

Image Click on title for further info	Title Click on title for further info	Medium	Date
	Unknown Photographer: Jean Charlot with Lynton Kistler in Studio	Silverprint	1950

Prints

Image Click on title for further info	Title Click on title for further info	Medium	Date
	Bathers	Color lithograph, printed offset	1933
	Cigarettes/Hermit	Color lithograph, printed offset on aluminum	1941
	Fiesta Head Dress	Color lithograph, printed offset	1933
	Grace	Color lithograph	1933
	Hawaiian Pair: Gourd Player and Drummer	Color lithograph	1973
	In Church	Color lithograph	1933
	Indian Man	Color lithograph	1949
	Kei Viti: Qaravi Yaqona (Kava Ceremony)	Color lithograph	1976
	Kei Viti: Tagana Dauravuravu (Ancient Warrior)	Color lithograph	1978
	Kei Viti: Tali Ibe (Weaving Mats)	Color lithograph	1978
	Kei Viti: Tuku Derua (Bamboo Pipe Player)	Color lithograph	1978
	Kei Viti: Vaka tagi Derua (Musical Bamboo)	Color lithograph	1978
	La Nana	Color lithograph	1933
	Leopard Hunter	Color lithograph	1933
	Little Seamstress	Color lithograph	1974
	Man Entering Room/Jos‚ in Prison	Color lithograph, printed offset on aluminum	1941
	Man Mounting Horse/Mandolin Player	Color lithograph, printed offset on aluminum	1941
	Mexican Mother and Child	Color lithograph	1948
	Mexihkanantli	Portfolio of 10 color lithographs	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Kikahtia Ciwakonetl (Sunday Shoes)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Kimachtia Tlaxkalmanas (Tortilla Lesson)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Konenehnemitia (First Steps) (horizontal)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Konenehnemitia (First Steps) (vertical)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Momalin Ihtotihke (Preparing for the Dance)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Mowentihke Chalman (Chalma Pilgrims)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Nantli Tekiti Noka Konetl Kochi (Rest and Work)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Tlatiahnkizoskeh (Return from Market)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Tlazohtlalistle (Trio)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mexihkanantli: Yechiwalo (Mexican Kitchen)	Color lithograph	1947
	Mock Battle	Color lithograph, printed offset	1956
	Mock Battle & Mock Victory	Color lithograph, printed offset	1956
	Mock Victory	Color offset lithograph on zinc	1956
	Naval Skirmish	Color lithograph	1933
	Pastoras	Color lithograph	1933
	Philters and Our Lady/Two Dancers with Arch	Color lithograph, printed offset on aluminum	1941
	Pilgrims	Color lithograph	1950
	Prosper M‚rim‚e/Tambourine With Knife	Color lithograph, printed offset on aluminum	1941
	Still-Life With Skull/Horse	Color lithograph, printed offset on aluminum	1941
	The Brass Bed (Solitude)	Color lithograph	1933
	The Petate	Color lithograph, printed offset	1933
	Tondo I	Color lithograph	1933
	Tondo II	Color lithograph	1933
	Tortilleras with Rolled Petate II	Lithograph	1947
	Volador	Lithograph	1948
	Woman Standing, Child on Back	Color lithograph	1933