PRACTICE

Born

1921 – 2003 Dresden, OH

Education

Princeton 1937 – 1943

Taliesin Fellow 1943 – 1950

– founded the architectural studio Brothers & Brothers & Brothers in 1950, where he designed exclusively for Dresden. Today, none of his buildings stand, but they are widely known through his detailed illustrations. The Dresden IGA, which stood for many decades before being destroyed by arson, was a classic piece of mid-century architecture. It was considered the crown jewel of village life for many. Between projects, Charlie would spend months at a time rubbing shoulders and creating alongside artists in NYC, including his flatmate Ralph Iwamoto. These excursions were very influential for Charlie and those around him. His sketched paintings often came with extensive notes dictating their intended scale and color. One such series, Hollers, will be seen for the first time later in 2026. His work spanned many disciplines, but always displayed the indelible hand and intelligence of Charlie. The PRACTICE Gallery and Press are excited to bring more attention to his diverse and exciting body of work.

– is inextricably linked culturally and ancestrally to Dresden. As the village architect, Charlie’s studio shared 811 Main Street from the 1950s up until the 1990s. His archive of personal work, as well as records of other residents’ artistic achievements, has been critical in guiding PRACTICE. In a dedicated focus on place and experimentation, often spawned from travel, his work is a complex and unattributed link to the minimalist movement, and forward further towards artists such as Gordon Matta-Clark. Much of his work was left as sketches or models. In his forthcoming exhibit Hollers, Charlie belatedly arches mid-century painting to notions of the Appalachian landscape.