Watercolor Portrait Of A Bearded Man

Painted in 1903 by artist Charles Medin. Executed in watercolor on cardboard, the painting is a signed original measuring 11" X 8"; sold matted and framed. 

Medin, a sculptor, photographer and artist, studied art at the Art Institute in Chicago and became the assistant art director and staff artist for the Illinois Central Railroad magazine (he is credited with having redesigned the Illinois Central's Diamond insignia). He created many posters for the Rapid Transit Lines.