Charles Strong
American,
(1938–2013)
Strong, who was born on Christmas Day in 1938, was one of the youngest artists of the San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism. He was a colleague of vanguard artists such as Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, Jack Jefferson, Nathan Oliveira and Frank Lobdell. He was influenced by Lobdell and Clyford Still, whom he met in 1960 while Still was teaching as a guest instructor at the University of Colorado.