Charles Russell Loomis

American (1857-1936)

The impressionist painter, Charles Russell Loomis, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, and grew up in Hartford. Loomis studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and stayed on as an instructor until 1882 when he became an assistant to James Wells Champney at the Hartford Art School. Loomis later settled in Massachusetts.  He traveled in the summers to Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and the Hudson River Valley of New York. Loomis worked primarily in watercolor and was known for his landscapes, figures, and marine scenes.

Loomis exhibited at the Boston Club from 1882 to 1885, the National Academy of Design from 1883 to 1891, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual in 1888. His works can be found in the New Britain Museum of Art, the Connecticut Historical Society, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.