Charles Bell 1935 - 1995
American, Painter

Born in Tulsa , Oklahoma , Bell was a photorealist still life painter affiliated with the Louis Meisel Gallery in New York City where he lived. His photorealist work is distinguished by the fact that his subject matter is in a scale of as much as ten times life size. Bell also drew from the male figure and hosted a life drawing workshop for gay men in his studio.

Edward Lucie-Smith, American Realism (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994).

Louis Meisel, Photorealism Since 1980 (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1993).