Charles Banks Wilson

Renowned artist and teacher Charles Banks Wilson began his career as a teenager making posters for Coleman Theatre shows, where he sketched his now famous painting of Will Rogers live on stage. He later became head of the Art Department at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. Many of his paintings, lithographs, and drawings are displayed in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Oklahoma State Capitol, and the Tulsa Gilcrease Museum of Art.

Miami, Oklahoma · United States