Channel Pickering Townsley

Left to Right: Channel Pickering Townsley, Richard E. Miller, and Benjamin C. Brown in 1917 at Fenyes Estate

Channel "Chan" Pickering Townsley or C.P. Townsley (1867–1921) was an American painter, art administrator, and educator. The subject and genre of his California Impressionist paintings were landscapes, portraits and still lives. He served as a director of Otis Art Institute (1914–1921) and Stickney Memorial Art School (c.1912–1918).

Early life and education Townsley was born on January 20, 1867, in Sedalia, Missouri. His family moved in 1875 to Great Bend, Kansas.

He attended Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas.

Career Townsley illustrated Ellen P. Allerton's Walls Of Corn and Other Poems, which was published by the journalist Eva Ryan in 1894.

While living in New York he became a member of the Salmagundi Club. From 1905 until 1910, he served as the director and an instructor at the London School of Art, working alongside Frank Brangwyn. During the summers he held art classes, from 1914 and 1915, he held art classes in the Monterey-area

In 1919, he served as the President of the California Art Club (CAC) for a year. among others.

Exhibitions

1914 – Throop College, Pasadena, California; 1916 – San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco, California; 1916 – Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California; 1917 – Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, California; 1917 – National Academy of Design, New York City, New York; 1918 – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California; 1923 – Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles, California.