BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Born: Charles Daniel Graves born in Rochester, New York in 1949, is an oil painter, etcher,
and Director of
The Florence Academy of Art, which he founded in 1991. He lives and works in Florence, Italy, his home
for almost thirty years.
EDUCATION
In his painting and teaching, he blends a broad array of training and experience. He studied with Joseph Sheppard
and Frank Russell at the Maryland Art Institute in 1972, where he graduated with Cum Laude. He also studied
(1972 - 73) with Richard Serrin at the Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Art in Florence, with Richard Lack
(1975 - 76) in Minneapolis, and with Nerina Simi (1978) at her atelier in Florence, Italy. As a young painter living
in Florence, he also associated with and was influenced by Pietro Annigoni.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Together with colleague Charles Cecil, founded Cecil Graves Studio, where he also taught (1984 - 1991).
Graves founded The Florence Academy of Art in 1991, where he is Executive Director and continues to teach.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006
The Brigham Galleries, Alumni Show of The Florence Academy of Art, "Water" Exhibition, Nantucket, MA
Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, The Florence Academy of Art Group Exhibition
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, The Florence Academy of Art Group Exhibition
W. H. Patterson Gallery, London, The Florence Academy of Art Group Exhibition
Ann Long Gallery, Charleston, South Charleston, Solo Exhibition
The Florence Academy of Art Second Annual Alumni Exhibition, Florence, Italy
2005
The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbour, Long Island, New York, Solo Exhibition
The Florence Academy of Art First Annual Alumni Exhibition, Florence, Italy
Traveling Exhibition, Legacy Lives On
2004
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, The Florence Academy of Art Group Exhibition
2003
The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbour, Long Island, New York
Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, Realism Revisited
Hirschl & Adler Gallery, New York, Realism Revisited
2002
Century Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, Realism Revisited
Andreeva Portraits, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Realism Revisited
Drawing Exhibition, Rome, Italy, Still Classical
Konsthallen, Åmål, Sweden, Etchings & Oils by Daniel Graves
Ann Long Fine Art Gallery, Charleston, SC, Landscape of the Northeast, Southeast and Europe
Drawing Exhibition, Westbeth Arts Gallery, New York, NY, Still Classical
2001
Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbour, Long Island, New York Range of Realism
Pence Gallery, San Francisco, Still Life and Interiors
Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbour, Long Island, New York Landscapes and Florals
2000
Ann Long Fine Art Gallery, Charleston, SC, Living Tuscany
1999
Rochester Art Memorial Gallery, Rochester, NY
1997
The Opera House Gothenburg, Sweden Art and Knowledge
Portobello Road, London, England The Florence Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition
1996
New York Academy of Art, New York, New York The Florence Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition
C. Duncan, Connelly Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, Modern Classicism, The Revival of the Realist Tradition
The Appleton Museum of Fine Art, Ocala Florida, The Florence Academy of Art Group Exhibition
1995
Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, California, The Florence Academy of Art Group Exhibition
1993
Mary Anna Thomison and Associates, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Americans Abroad
1988
J.R. Leigh Gallery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, The First Ten Years of the J.R. Leigh Gallery
1987
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon Arizona Frivolity and Morality
1986
Wunderlich Co. Inc, New York, New York Contemporary Realism
1982
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, New York Celebration of Twenty-Five Years (1961 - 1986)
Cold Spring Harbor Gallery, Long Island, NY Group Show, Grand Central Gallery, New York, NY
Group Show La Querce, Florence Italy
1981
Harley´s Art Center, Rochester, New York, Portrait Exhibition
1977
Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York, Images of Italy
1976
Atelier Lack, Minneapolis, MN, The Twin Cities Guild of Painters, 2nd Annual Invitational Exhibition
Friends Meeting House, St. Paul, Minnesota, Daniel Graves |
