Charles Pitcher

b. Cumberland, MD, USA
Education:
B.A., Westminster College New Wilmington, PA 1950
Special Studies, Pratt Institute, New York, 1950 BSA., Ed
Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, 1957

Career:
Artist, 1957 - Present
Teacher, Adult Education 1957 - Present
Teacher, Pittsburgh City Schools, 1957 - 1965
Director of Education - Buhl Planetarium
Pittsburgh, PA 1965-1971
Owner, Charles Pitcher Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 1970 - 1973

Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Associated Artists of Pgh Juried Show, Carnegie Museum, 1971 through 1998
Painters of the Pennsylvania Landscape, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA 1983
6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, Hunt Institute for Botanical
Documentation, Pittsburgh, PA 1988
Art In The Garden, Washington County Historical Society, 1994 through 2005
Art in the Mountains, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, PA 1996, 1997, 1998
Master Visual Artists of Pittsburgh , Masters Exhibit IV Invitational, 1998
Gifts of Winter Show, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 2000
W&J National Painting Show 1998 through 2003
Annual Invitational at Century Inn, 1998, 2001, 2006
Nemacolin Woodlands Art Exhibition, 2001, 2002
G Squared Gallery, Ligonier, PA 2004, 2005, 2006
Riehl Fine Art Gallery, 2005

One-Person Exhibitions: (Selected)
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh, PA 1987
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Retrospective, Loretto, PA 1987
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA 1995
Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1990, 1996
Bondstreet Gallery, Naples FL, 2001
G Squared Gallery, Ligonier, PA 2002

Honors/Awards: (Selected)
George L. Craig Award, Associated Artists Annual Show, Carnegie Museum, 1980
Mobay Purchase Award Associated Artists Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 1980
Hal P. Moore Award, Aqueous Open '97 - Annual National Exhibition
Juror(s Award, 30th 34th and 35th Annual W&J National Painting Show, 1998, 2002, 2003
Tom Ruddy Memorial Award, Associated Artists Annual Show, Carnegie Museum 1998
University Club Award of Honor, Aqueous '02 Annual National Exhibition
Juror's Award , Aqueous '03 Annual National
People's Choice, Aqueous '05 Annual National

Collections (Selected)
Alcoa Corporation
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Consolidated Coal Company
Coopers & Leybrand
Copperweld Corporation
Crossgates International
Duquesne Club
Eden Hall Foundation
Hunt Botanical Institute
International Data Systems
Marex Financial Ltd., London
McGraw Hill, U.S.
McGraw Hill, London
Mellon Bank
Mr. Joseph Hardy
Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuticals
PNC Corporation
Price Waterhouse
Rockwell International
Ross Mould
SJP Properties
Standard & Poor
U.S.X. Corporation
Westmoreland County Museum of ArtCommissions: (Selected)
Crossgates International, Pittsburgh, PA
Eureka, Federal Savings & Loan, Pittsburgh, PA
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Ross
PNC Bank, Pittsburgh, PA
Reed, Smith, Shaw, McClay, Pittsburgh, PA
U.S.X. Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA

Bibliography:
Charles Pitcher at work: Artist of the Year. The Arts (Pittsburgh Center for the Arts) Winter 1987.
Pp 10-11. (additional illustration on page 14 and portrait on cover.)
6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (exhibition catalogue) 1988
Tree Paintings Leave Viewer Enthralled: Donald Miller On Art, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 11 March 1995
Capturing Natural Beauty in Western PA: Donald Miller On Art, 16 November, 1996
Art Editor's Pick: Mike May, Pittsburgh Magazine, January 1997 Pp22
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Winter Show (exhibition catalogue, Pp 34-41). 2001