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Charles Bosseron Chambers was a painter, illustrator and teacher. The Reading Eagle describes Chambers as the "Norman Rockwell of Catholic art" and reports that his paintings have become collectible.

He is best known for the Light of the World, the most popular religious print in America during the first half of the 20th century.

Charles Bosseron Chambers was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 13, 1880. His father, an Irish captain in the British Army, was a convert to Catholicism; his mother was from a St.

Louis family of French descent.

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He was brought up in a devout Catholic household. The youngest of several children, Charles was sent to local schools and was graduated from Saint Louis University. He later adopted the middle name “Bosseron” to reflect his French heritage.

Chambers studied art for six years under Louis Schultz of the Berlin Royal Academy and then with Aleis Hrdliczka at the Royal Academy of Vienna.

He also studied for six years with J