Samuel Hyde Harris ART FOR SALE

1889 Middlesex, England - 1977 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Landscape and marine painting, illustration, mural.

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At 14 years of age Sam Hyde Harris was already a successful commercial artist. A 1903 letter of recommendation from Andre & Sleigh, stated that, "We have the pleasure in stating that Samuel Harris (aged 14 ½ years) has given every satisfaction during the 8 or 9 months he has been engaged in our Artists Department." . After moving to California with his family Harris got a job as painter of signs, billboards and hand-lettered show cards in 1906. He developed a reputation for doing excellent commercial work and opened his own commercial art studio by 1914. His commercial art business received a boost in 1920 when he was hired by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company to work on their poster advertising. e was later hired to do... Read full biography

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Arroyo Grove, c. 1940s

Type:Painting

Year:c. 1940s

Size:16.00" x 20.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

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In this depiction of a grove of eucalyptus trees and grassy hills on the edge of the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena near his home at Artists’ Alley in Alhambra, Sam Hyde Harris made use of vibrant greens, the color of spring.