Charles Sindelar, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles Sindelar
American illustrator
Date of Birth: 27-May-1875
Date of Death: 15-May-1947
Profession: illustrator
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Charles Sindelar
- Charles James Sindelar (27 May 1875 – 15 May 1947) was an American illustrator and painter, who in later life focused on religious art.
- Sindelar established a reputation for himself in graphic design and illustration during the first quarter of the 20th century through his favourably reviewed creation of a number of menu cover designs produced for a series of events referred to as the Lotos Club dinners, in New York City.
- The guest lists for the events included four U.S.
- presidents and other notables of the time, including writer Mark Twain.
- Sindelar's covers incorporated a likeness of the celebrity who was being feted at the event, accompanied by intricate detailing.
- In the 1930s and 1940s, along with May DaCamara (1894-1976), Sindelar produced artwork for the "I AM" Activity of the Saint Germain Foundation. In 1940, Sindelar was one of the defendants in the I AM mail fraud trial, specifically concerning the group's claim that Jesus had personally sat for his portrait by Sindelar.
- The Ballards stated that other "Ascended Masters", including the Count of St.
- Germain, also posed for Sindelar, and further claimed that Sindelar was the reincarnation of Leonardo da Vinci.
- Gerald Barbee Bryan gave Sindelar credit for the portrait of the Count of St.
- Germain which was displayed on stage during services of the I AM movement.
- Norman Robert Westfall, writing as "Mah Atmah Amsumata", gave Sindelar credit for two more portraits, one of Jesus Christ, the other of Maitreya.
- Sindelar was personally acquitted of the charges against him.From 1936 to March 1942, Charles Sindelar published and assisted in the production of The Voice of the I AM monthly magazine, as well as doing the artwork, at Sindelar Studios, 2600 S.
- Hoover Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Read more at Wikipedia