Biography
Charles Sidney Cheston (b. London 1882 - d. Polstead, near Colchester, Essex, UK 1960) studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, 1899–1902. He exhibited widely, including at the RA, RHA, Goupil Gallery, RWS, Fine Art Society and NEAC. His first one-man show was held at Colnaghi’s in 1929, the year his artist wife Evelyn Cheston died. He published a monograph Evelyn Cheston: Member of the New English Art Club 1908–1929, in 1931. Cheston was made a vice-president of the RWS in 1950. Charles’ sister was the actress Dorothy Cheston who met the writer Arnold Benett in 1922, had his daughter Virginia in 1926 and became known as Dorothy Cheston Bennett, Bennett’s wife Marguerite having refused a divorce.
