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SAM HYDE HARRIS Biography |
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Landscape painter. Born in Brentford, Middelsex, England on Feb. 2, 1889. Harris immigrated to the United States with his family in 1904 and settled in Los Angeles. As a teenager he attended evening classes at the local Art Students League and the Cannon Art School under Hanson Puthuff, Will Foster, Lawrence Murphy, F. Tolles Chamberlain, and Stanton MacDonald-Wright. He worked in commercial art throughout his career and taught at the Chouinard Art School for many years. In 1950 Harris bought Jack Wilkinson Smith’s old studio in Alhambra and lived there for the rest of his life. The harbor at San Pedro was one of his favorite painting spots. His early paintings (1920-40) show the influence of his teacher and sketching partner Hanson Puthufff and are bathed in light and atmospheric effects. His late paintings are mostly desert scenes done on sketching trips with Swinnerton and are bolder, with a palette of reds, yellows and greens. Harris won over 100 awards in Southern California exhibitions from 1936 until his death on May 30, 1977. Member: American Institute of Fine Arts; Artists of the Southwest; California Art Club; Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles; San Fernando Art Association: Laguna Beach Art Association; Pasadena Society of Artists. Works held: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Laguna Beach Museum. |
