Charles Surendorf (1906-1979) American, California Linocut Print, "Lode Lynching - Columbia". Pencil signed, titled, and numbered #5 in an edition of 100.

Overall Size: 18 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. 

Sight Size: 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.

Charles Frederick Surendorf (1906-1979) was born on November 9, 1906 in Richmond, Indiana. Following graduation from Ohio State University, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League in New York City. In 1935 he moved to the San Francisco Bay area and further studied at Mills College. Active in the local art scene, he was director of the first San Francisco Art Festival. In 1946 he settled in the town of Columbia in the Sierra foothills. There he served as director of the short-lived Mother Lode Art School (1956) and produced works with an historic California theme. He died of cancer in Columbia on May 28, 1979. His paintings and prints depict the rough-and-tumble life of the old mining country in a regionalist style similar to that of Thomas Hart Benton.

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