Harry Lemon (HLV) Parkhurst - Artist Info

About Harry Lemon (HLV) Parkhurst

  • Biography

    H. L. PARKHURST
    (1876-1962)
    Harry Lemon Parkhurst was born in July 22, 1876 in Minneapolis, MN. His parents were David and Martha Parkhurst. He was an only child. His father was a traveling salesman.

    By 1893 they had moved to Chicago and lived at 3517 Ellis Avenue. In 1896 Harry Parkhurst studied at the Art Institute of Chicago.
    In 1898 he worked as a line artist designing advertising for Chicago newspapers and for Godey's Magazine. He signed his work "H. L. Parkhurst."
    In 1899 he moved to New York City, where an older artist, named Henry Landon Parkhurst, happened to work at Tiffany and teach at the New York Academy of Fine Art. That artist also signed his work "H. L. Parkhurst," so to distinguish himself from this more...

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