Welcome to the colorful world of Charles Movalli

Charles Movalli (1945–2016) was a pillar of the Cape Ann (and beyond) art community, a distinguished landscape and marine painter, a prolific writer, advocate for the arts, and a widely respected teacher.

Movalli's paintings have been showcased in solo and group exhibitions throughout the country and showered with awards; his writings on art and artists have been published widely, and his editorial skills earned him a 25-year stint as contributing editor of American Artist magazine. Often referring to himself as “the luckiest man in the world,” Movalli created a body of work which continues to inspire and delight painting enthusiasts.

Our Mission

The purpose of this website is to provide a definitive resource for all things Charles Movalli. To accurately capture Charles' life, work, as well as his enduring enthusiasm, energy, and intelligence which touched so many people is a daunting task that a website could never hope to do sufficiently.

Our aim nonetheless is that the site will serve as a valuable destination to get the latest information on events and from the blog, learn a bit more about Charles, view some of his paintings, read some of his writing, and watch him talk about his process. The site is a living project and will evolve over time; we hope to use it as a way to maintain the community that Charles established around himself. We truly hope you are inspired and enjoy your visit.

Learn from Charles

The Teaching section of this website contains several fascinating videos of Charles explaining aspects of his creative, composition, and painting process. And as anyone who had the pleasure of seeing him speak knows, they are filled with wisdom, intelligence, wonderful anecdotes, and, of course, humor.

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