C. Jac Young

C. Jac Young (1880-1940)

C Jac Young, an etcher and painter, was born with the name of Charles Jacob Jung. He exhibited his works under C Jac Jung until about 1919 when he took the last name of Young.  C Jac Young came to the United States around 1881 and studied in New York at the Academy of Design with Robert Henri, Charles Yardley Turner, and Edgar Melville Ward.

C. Jac Young has had exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Society of Independent Artists, Brooklyn Society of Etchers, Newark Art Club, Philadelphia Print Club, Contemporary Club, Newark Association, Yonkers Art Association and many more. His work is exhibited in collections including but are not limited to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Newark Public Library, Toronto Art Gallery, University of Nebraska School of Fine Arts, Milwaukee Art Institute, Chicago Society of Etchers, Brooklyn Museum, Addison Gallery of American Art.