Charles L. Fox

Charles Lewis Fox (1854–1927) was an American artist, philanthropist and labor unionist from Maine.His family was wealthy and Fox attended Portland Public Schools before attempting to become an architect at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He left MIT and instead traveled to Paris, France to study art, he was also exposed to socialist ideas.[1] In France, he studied under the guidance of Léon Bonnat and Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts.As an artist, Fox received acclaim for his summer art school in North Bridgton, Maine[3] as well as his oil paintings, mostly of Native Americans.
Portland, MainesocialismSocialist Party of MaineAmerican Civil WarPortland Public SchoolsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyFranceLéon BonnatAlexandre CabanelÉcole des Beaux-ArtsGobelins ManufactoryNorth Bridgton, MaineFarnsworth Art MuseumSocialist Party of AmericagovernorJohn Fremont HillNorman Wallace LermondWilliam T. CobbPortland Press Herald