Born in London, Frederick "Monty" Charman studied at the Hammersmith College of Art and under Sidney Haward. In 1923, he relocated to the United States where he accepted a position at Syracuse University where he remained until he retired in 1960.
Member: American Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Watercolor Club, Baltimore Watercolor Club.
Exhibited: Albright Art Gallery; Art Institute of Chicago; Binghamton Museum of Art; Salt Lake City, Utah; Everson Museum of Art (solo retrospective with wife, 1961); Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (solo); National Academy of Design; Pennsylvania of Fine Arts; Philadelphia Watercolor Club (annually); Rochester Memorial Art Gallery.