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"Charles A. A. Dellschau (1830-1923), from Texas whose obsession with flight yielded notebooks of double-sided of double-sided watercolors that have the luminosity of stained glass." ROBERTA SMITH New York Times January 24, 1997 |
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Charles AA Dellschau produced a body of work from the turn of the past century until his death while he was virtually sealed in an attic in Houston Texas. His work, which took the form of diary pages, was in large part an attempt to record the activities of the Sonora Aero Club, of which he was a member, which was a group of flight enthusiasts who met in the Sonora desert in the mid 1800's. Their mission was to design the very first navigatable aircrafts. Dellschau's work also shows influence of circus banner painting, which was also popularized in the south during the turn of the century. His work is testimony to the sense of optimism that new technologies have when they impact so greatly upon our lives and change the way we see the world we live in. Flight, up until that time, had been a metaphor for man's pathos - or his inability to accomplish what he was not meant to. Dellschau's work is also remarkable in that it uses the medium of watercolor brilliantly, often using water as the medium with a subtle tint of color. Dellschau's work is the earliest coherent body of work known by an American visionary artist. Dellschau's first one person exhibition was mounted some 75 years after his death, and his work is in numerous private collection as well as museums including the San Antonio Museum of Art, The Witte Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The American Folk Art Museum, and The Menil Collection.Charles AA Dellschau produced a body of work from the turn of the past century until his death while he was virtually sealed in an attic in Houston Texas. His work, which took the form of diary pages, was in large part an attempt to record the activities of the Sonora Aero Club, of which he was a member, which was a group of flight enthusiasts who met in the Sonora desert in the mid 1800's. Their mission was to design the very first navigatable aircrafts. Dellschau's work also shows influence of circus banner painting, which was also popularized in the south during the turn of the century. His work is testimony to the sense of optimism that new technologies have when they impact so greatly upon our lives and change the way we see the world we live in. Flight, up until that time, had been a metaphor for man's pathos - or his inability to accomplish what he was not meant to. Dellschau's work is also remarkable in that it uses the medium of watercolor brilliantly, often using water as the medium with a subtle tint of color. Dellschau's work is the earliest coherent body of work known by an American visionary artist. Dellschau's first one person exhibition was mounted some 75 years after his death, and his work is in numerous private collection as well as museums including the San Antonio Museum of Art, The Witte Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The American Folk Art Museum, and The Menil Collection.Charles AA Dellschau produced a body of work from the turn of the past century until his death while he was virtually sealed in an attic in Houston Texas. His work, which took the form of diary pages, was in large part an attempt to record the activities of the Sonora Aero Club, of which he was a member, which was a group of flight enthusiasts who met in the Sonora desert in the mid 1800's. Their mission was to design the very first navigatable aircrafts. Dellschau's work also shows influence of circus banner painting, which was also popularized in the south during the turn of the century. His work is testimony to the sense of optimism that new technologies have when they impact so greatly upon our lives and change the way we see the world we live in. Flight, up until that time, had been a metaphor for man's pathos - or his inability to accomplish what he was not meant to. Dellschau's work is also remarkable in that it uses the medium of watercolor brilliantly, often using water as the medium with a subtle tint of color. Dellschau's work is the earliest coherent body of work known by an American visionary artist. Dellschau's first one person exhibition was mounted some 75 years after his death, and his work is in numerous private collection as well as museums including the San Antonio Museum of Art, The Witte Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The American Folk Art Museum, and The Menil Collection.Charles AA Dellschau produced a body of work from the turn of the past century until his death while he was virtually sealed in an attic in Houston Texas. His work, which took the form of diary pages, was in large part an attempt to record the activities of the Sonora Aero Club, of which he was a member, which was a group of flight enthusiasts who met in the Sonora desert in the mid 1800's. Their mission was to design the very first navigatable aircrafts. Dellschau's work also shows influence of circus banner painting, which was also popularized in the south during the turn of the century. His work is testimony to the sense of optimism that new technologies have when they impact so greatly upon our lives and change the way we see the world we live in. Flight, up until that time, had been a metaphor for man's pathos - or his inability to accomplish what he was not meant to. Dellschau's work is also remarkable in that it uses the medium of watercolor brilliantly, often using water as the medium with a subtle tint of color. Dellschau's work is the earliest coherent body of work known by an American visionary artist. Dellschau's first one person exhibition was mounted some 75 years after his death, and his work is in numerous private collection as well as museums including the San Antonio Museum of Art, The Witte Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The American Folk Art Museum, and The Menil Collection.Charles AA Dellschau produced a body of work from the turn of the past century until his death while he was virtually sealed in an attic in Houston Texas. His work, which took the form of diary pages, was in large part an attempt to record the activities of the Sonora Aero Club, of which he was a member, which was a group of flight enthusiasts who met in the Sonora desert in the mid 1800's. Their mission was to design the very first navigatable aircrafts. Dellschau's work also shows influence of circus banner painting, which was also popularized in the south during the turn of the century. His work is testimony to the sense of optimism that new technologies have when they impact so greatly upon our lives and change the way we see the world we live in. Flight, up until that time, had been a metaphor for man's pathos - or his inability to accomplish what he was not meant to. Dellschau's work is also remarkable in that it uses the medium of watercolor brilliantly, often using water as the medium with a subtle tint of color. Dellschau's work is the earliest coherent body of work known by an American visionary artist. Dellschau's first one person exhibition was mounted some 75 years after his death, and his work is in numerous private collection as well as museums including the San Antonio Museum of Art, The Witte Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The American Folk Art Museum, and The Menil Collection.
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