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Born in New York, NY, Platt spent his youth in Manhattan. He traveled in Europe between 1882-1886, and spent most of the summer of 1887 at the Cornish Arts Colony in New Hampshire. Platt became a talented painter and landscape architect as well as an architect. He built a weekend home at Cornish and maintained a residence in Manhattan with his ...
Charles Adams Platt was a prominent American artist, landscape gardener and designer, and architect of the "American Renaissance" movement.
So wrote the great American designer Charles Platt in his introduction to his book, Italian Gardens, first published in 1894. Platt's words proved influential. Devoted solely to the topic of the Italian villa landscape, the handsomely illustrated volume quickly found an eager readership among American architects, landscape designers, and their clients.
Bibliography: Rice 22 iii/iii; Library of Congress, Platt 36 Associated People: Created by Charles Adams Platt (American, 1861-1933) Accession Number: 1946.D1.294
Charles Adams Platt was taught etching by his friend and fellow artist, Stephen Parrish, in 1880. Parrish (1846-1938) lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and thus many of Platt's initial etchings dealt with scenes from this locality.
Charles Adams Platt was taught etching by his friend and fellow artist, Stephen Parrish, in 1880. Parrish (1846-1938) lived in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and thus many of Platt's initial etchings dealt with scenes from this locality.
Charles Adams Platt (American, New York 1861–1933) 1888. Afternoon on the Maas. Charles Adams Platt (American, New York 1861–1933) 1885. How Etchings are Made An ...
