Charles Stafford Duncan (1892–1952) was a San Francisco painter and lithographer perhaps best known for his mural in the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California.

[2] He studied at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) under Maynard Dixon and Ralph Stackpole.

[4] His painting style was modernist, and was affiliated with other left-leaning, bohemian San Francisco artists who gathered around Diego Rivera, including Otis Oldfield and Ralph Stackpole.

[5][1] In 1931 Charles Stafford Duncan worked with architecture firm Miller and Pflueger (under the supervision of architect Timothy L. Pflueger and artistic director Theodore C. Bernardi) on the art deco Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California).

[2] He died in New York City on June 7, 1952, at age 59 after returning from a trip to Paris.