Charles B. Wilson

Born in 1918 Charles Banks Wilson is an Oklahoma artist known for his contribution to the Indian art world. Growing up with a blind grandmother, Wilson learned to interpret the details of life both verbally and artistically. Wilson has sought out the last of the pure bloods and captured them forever in his lithographs and paintings.Wilson is best known for his murals in the rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol and his portraits of Will Rogers, but is recognized also as a painter, printmaker, magazine and book illustrator.