Chas Fagan is a portraitist, sculptor and a landscape painter. His only formal art training came at the age of ten when he was selected for a special series of lessons by the Hungarian portraitist Ilona Karolyi Szecheny. Otherwise, he studied the work of the great masters in European museums while growing up in Belgium.
Mr. Fagan's prominence has grown through numerous exhibits, published paintings and public installations of his sculpture. However, it was further heightened when he became known as the artist who painted the complete gallery of presidential portraits for C-SPAN's Peabody Award-winning American Presidents.
PORTRAITURE
Mr. Fagan's commissioned oil portraits hang in private and corporate collections in the United States and in Europe. Currently underway at Mr. Fagan's studio is a life-size portrait of Speaker Thomas Foley, which will hang in the Agriculture Committee Room. His recent portrait of President Ronald Reagan, commissioned by members of the Reagan Administration, is on permanent exhibition at the Union League Club of New York.
SCULPTURE
Chas Fagan has been selected to sculpt the next three statues for the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. He is currently working on the first of these, a maquette for the statue of the poet John Donne. Another current commission is a dynamic, representational bronze sculpture of a horse and eagle that will be unveiled in Germany in the summer of 2001. Other recent projects include a life-size bronze statue honoring the Revolutionary War General, Nathanael Greene.
LANDSCAPE & STILL LIFE PAINTINGS
The breadth of Mr. Fagan's imagery is considerable, ranging from intimate still lifes of only 8 x 10 inches to sweeping and dramatic vistas of 3 x 4 feet. In addition to other galleries, Mr. Fagan has been featured with solo exhibitions for seven consecutive years at his resident gallery, Claren Court Studio (Arlington, VA).
Inquiries regarding Mr. Fagan and his work may be directed to Chas Fagan, Charlotte, NC (980) 321-0532.
Special Note: These portraits are the copyright of C-SPAN. For further information about their use, please contact the C-SPAN Archives at (877) 662-7726.
