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The Path from Kentucky to Paris: Charles Boggs the Artist

If there was a movie made about any of the famous people that were part of Charles Boggs’ life during his years in Paris, Boggs would be cast as the best-supporting actor. For years he provided help and companionship to the now famous African American artist Beauford Delaney, corresponded with writer James Baldwin, toured around with noted artists Stephan Pace and Lawrence Calcagno, guiding them through the sites of Europe. Boggs held court on the Paris Left Bank at the Cafe’ Du Dome, where he provided guidance to American visitors and newcomers. Boggs in his Studio Boggs intermingled with numerous noted writers and artists that found refuge or spent time in Paris. One of the most noted was the famed writer and watercolorist Henry Miller (1891-1980). Miller’s numerous books included a small paperback: The Amazing and Invariable Beauford Delaney which was part of his outcast series published in 1945. Miller at one point described a painting that Delaney had done of him during the New Y