Victor Joseph Harles (1894 -1975). Born and raised in St. Louis Missouri, Victor Harles grew up on Cote Brilliante Avenue since his birth in 1894. His father was an amateur photographer and he was... Read full biography
Victor Joseph Harles (1894 -1975). Born and raised in St. Louis Missouri, Victor Harles grew up on Cote Brilliante Avenue since his birth in 1894. His father was an amateur photographer and he was raised in an artistic household. One of the earliest influences on him to become a painter was during... Read full biography
Victor Joseph Harles (1894 -1975). Born and raised in St. Louis Missouri, Victor Harles grew up on Cote Brilliante Avenue since his birth in 1894. His father was an amateur photographer and he was raised in an artistic household. One of the earliest influences on him to become a painter was during the Saint Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exhibition) in 1904. Central in this Worlds Fair was the St. Louis Art Museum. The museum hosted the Swedish painter Andres Zorn, who gave painting... Read full biography
Victor Joseph Harles (1894 -1975). Born and raised in St. Louis Missouri, Victor Harles grew up on Cote Brilliante Avenue since his birth in 1894. His father was an amateur photographer and he was raised in an artistic household. One of the earliest influences on him to become a painter was during the Saint Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exhibition) in 1904. Central in this Worlds Fair was the St. Louis Art Museum. The museum hosted the Swedish painter Andres Zorn, who gave painting demonstrations to the public. Those demonstrations are what gave ten year old Victor the determination to become a painter. He moved to New York City in 1914 and studied at the Art Students League. There his principal teachers in painting were Robert... Read full biography
Victor Joseph Harles (1894 -1975). Born and raised in St. Louis Missouri, Victor Harles grew up on Cote Brilliante Avenue since his birth in 1894. His father was an amateur photographer and he was raised in an artistic household. One of the earliest influences on him to become a painter was during the Saint Louis Worlds Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exhibition) in 1904. Central in this Worlds Fair was the St. Louis Art Museum. The museum hosted the Swedish painter Andres Zorn, who gave painting demonstrations to the public. Those demonstrations are what gave ten year old Victor the determination to become a painter. He moved to New York City in 1914 and studied at the Art Students League. There his principal teachers in painting were Robert Henri, Frank Dumond, Charles Hawthorne, and studied life drawing and anatomy with George Bridgmen in whose class he was a fellow student and... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (5)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947