Career Biography of Charles Samuel Addams


1912	Born January 7 to Grace M. Spear and Charles Huey Addams in Westfield, NJ
1929	Graduates from Westfield Senior High School Attends Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
1930	Attends University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1931	Attends Grand Central School of Art, New York City
1932	Sells his first “spot” sketch to The New Yorker
1933	Sells his first drawing to The New Yorker
1942	Publishes his first anthology of drawings Drawn and Quartered with Random House, Inc.
1947	Publishes his second anthology of drawings Addams and Evil with Random House, Inc.
1950	Illustrates John Kobler’s anthology of short stories Afternoon in the Attic Publishes his third anthology of drawings Monster Rally with Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Charles Addams

1952	Participates in Bresdin and Other Masters of the Weird exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1954	Publishes his fourth anthology of drawings Homebodies with Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1956	Chas Addams’ New York exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York
1957	Publishes his fifth anthology of drawings Nightcrawlers with Simon & Schuster, Inc. Addams and Anthropology exhibition at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania
1959	Publishes his compilations book Dear Dead Days
1960	Publishes his sixth anthology of drawings Black Maria with Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1961	Donates 39 finished and preliminary drawings to the Museum of the City of New York
1962	Donates 33 preliminary drawings to the Museum of the City of New York Drawn and Quartered is re-released by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1964	The Addams Family television series premiers on ABC Publishes his seventh anthology of drawings The Groaning Board
1965	First NYC solo exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York Curates the traveling exhibition The Dark Mirror for The American Federation of Arts, New York City Monster Rally is re-released by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1967	Publishes The Chas Addams Mother Goose with Windmill Books, Inc.
1970	Publishes his ninth anthology of drawings Favorite Haunts with Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1979	Exhibition at the Faculty Club of the University of Pennsylvania
1980	Receives Honorary Doctorate from University of Pennsylvania
1981	Publishes his tenth anthology of drawings Creature Comforts with Simon & Schuster, Inc.
1983	Receives Honorary Doctorate from Southampton College
1984	Participant in A Year at the New Yorker exhibition at the National Academy of Design, New York City
1988	Dies during the morning of September 29 in his car in front of his apartment at West 54th Street in New York City


1991	The Estate of Charles Addams publishes The World of Charles Addams with Alfred A. Knopf. Hallowed Haunts: The Drawings and Watercolors of Charles Addams exhibition at The National Academy of Design Tee Addams donates 70 Addams drawings to The New York Public Library, New York City The Addams Family movie released by Paramount Pictures
1992	Charles Addams Gallery on the third floor of The New York Public Library is dedicated for permanent exhibition of Addams works from their collection
1993	Addams Family Values movie released by Paramount Pictures
1994	The Compleat Charles Addams exhibition at The New York Public Library
2000	Formation of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation
2001	Participant in 60 Years of Classic New Yorker Art exhibition, Salisbury, CT
2002	Tee and Charles Addams Foundation publishes an updated version of The Charles Addams Mother Goose with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
2003	Tee and Charles Addams Foundation mounts Charles Addams: American Gothic exhibition at Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
2004	Tee and Charles Addams Foundation and Children's Museum of the East End inaugurate the Charles Addams Festival: Cartooning for Kids: Workshop and Exhibition
2005	The Foundation publishes Chas Addams Half-Baked Cookbook: Culinary Cartoons for the Humorously Famished with Simon & Schuster 2nd annual Cartooning for Kids exhibition at CMEE, Bridgehampton, NY
2006	The Foundation publishes Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons to Chill the Heart of Your Loved One with Simon & Schuster Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life by Linda H. Davis is published by Random House Charles Addams at Westhampton Beach 1950-1988 exhibition at Westhampton Beach Historical Society
2007	Cars and Car-toons of Chas Addams exhibition at Bridgehampton Historical Society The Foundation contracts for the production of The Addams Family: A New Musical 3rd annual Cartooning for Kids exhibition at CMEE, Bridgehampton, NY Yuletide with Charles Addams exhibition at Bridgehampton Historical Society
2008	Rehearsals commence for The Addams Family: A New Musical
2009	Charles Addams: Cartoonist exhibition at Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT The Addams Family: A New Musical opens in Chicago for out-of-town tryouts Participant in The Promise of Speed: The Art of The American Racecar exhibition at Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
2010	Charles Addams’s New York exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York The Foundation publishes The Addams Family: An Evilution with Pomegranate Communications, Inc. The Addams Family: A New Musical opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City Announcement is made concerning commencement of a full-length animated feature film project of The Addams Family with Universal Pictures