About Harry Raymond Henry

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    The following is from Patricia Henry Sage, granddaughter of the artist:



    BRIEF HISTORY AND OUTLINE OF PROVENANCE

    PLEIN AIRE ARTIST, HARRY RAYMOND HENRY

    (H. Raymond Henry - 1882 - 1973)


    Born in Wichita, Kansas. His father became sheriff of Dodge City, Kansas, and his mother was the female medical doctor west of the Mississippi and frequently treated prisoners in local jails.

    Henry graduated from the Chicago Art Institute where he met and married Isabella Page Pierce. Subsequently, they moved to Los Angeles, California, where Henry was a decorator, designer and artist. His landscapes were chosen to decorate the salons and drawing-room cars of the Southern Pacific Railroad and his lithog...

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