Painted by Will: A Biographical Sketch of C.W. Alexander

By Genevieve Baird Lacer. Essay previously published in From Kentucky Collections, 2025. Soft cover. 28 pages.

Early Art and Artists in West Virginia, the first in-depth biographical listing of that state's early artists, was published by John A. Cuthbert as late as 2000. Very little had been done to promote their native artists. A single line was attributed to one Charles Alexander, residing in Moorefield in 1850. So, for Alexander to have been unknown as an artist in his own backyard is not unusual. For his story to be discovered elsewhere and especially in Kentucky is a Kentucky collector's dream.