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1896 - 1976. Known for: Landscape and historical scene painting, commercial art, design.
George Harris Shelton: . From El Paso, Texas, he was a painter, commercial artist, designer, and lawyer. Shelton was legal counsel for Republic Steel Corporation in Ohio before coming to El Paso... Read full biography
George Harris Shelton: . From El Paso, Texas, he was a painter, commercial artist, designer, and lawyer. Shelton was legal counsel for Republic Steel Corporation in Ohio before coming to El Paso about 1923. He began painting in earnest after being stricken by arthritis. He was a student of Emilio... Read full biography
George Harris Shelton: . From El Paso, Texas, he was a painter, commercial artist, designer, and lawyer. Shelton was legal counsel for Republic Steel Corporation in Ohio before coming to El Paso about 1923. He began painting in earnest after being stricken by arthritis. He was a student of Emilio Garcia Cabero for two years, and also of George Frederick, and Ivan F. Summers. He maintained a studio in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where he painted in the summer, and a residence-studio in the Cortez... Read full biography
George Harris Shelton: . From El Paso, Texas, he was a painter, commercial artist, designer, and lawyer. Shelton was legal counsel for Republic Steel Corporation in Ohio before coming to El Paso about 1923. He began painting in earnest after being stricken by arthritis. He was a student of Emilio Garcia Cabero for two years, and also of George Frederick, and Ivan F. Summers. He maintained a studio in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where he painted in the summer, and a residence-studio in the Cortez Hotel, El Paso, where he worked the remaining months of the year. His studio in the hotel was said to be “a paradise for the artist’s arty friends, who can be found resting and admiring his landscapes and his many desert studies in oil” . For seven years... Read full biography
George Harris Shelton: . From El Paso, Texas, he was a painter, commercial artist, designer, and lawyer. Shelton was legal counsel for Republic Steel Corporation in Ohio before coming to El Paso about 1923. He began painting in earnest after being stricken by arthritis. He was a student of Emilio Garcia Cabero for two years, and also of George Frederick, and Ivan F. Summers. He maintained a studio in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where he painted in the summer, and a residence-studio in the Cortez Hotel, El Paso, where he worked the remaining months of the year. His studio in the hotel was said to be “a paradise for the artist’s arty friends, who can be found resting and admiring his landscapes and his many desert studies in oil” . For seven years he designed program covers and parade floats as official artist of the Southwestern Sun Carnival in El Paso. Shelto... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Teacher
- •Emilio Garcia Cabera
- •George Frederick
- •Ivan Summers
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design