The following was prepared by Roy Wood, Jr., of Ivyhill Gallery, who is friend of the Roney family. Harold Roney was born in Sullivan, Illinois in 1899. His artistic training began at the Chicago Art... Read full biography
The following was prepared by Roy Wood, Jr., of Ivyhill Gallery, who is friend of the Roney family. Harold Roney was born in Sullivan, Illinois in 1899. His artistic training began at the Chicago Art Academy and was followed by training at Art Institute of Chicago. After working for a period as an... Read full biography
The following was prepared by Roy Wood, Jr., of Ivyhill Gallery, who is friend of the Roney family. Harold Roney was born in Sullivan, Illinois in 1899. His artistic training began at the Chicago Art Academy and was followed by training at Art Institute of Chicago. After working for a period as an art teacher in South Bend, Illinois, he moved to Houston in 1925, and moved again after three years to the Boerne hill country outside San Antonio. Although most of his life was spent in Texas, the... Read full biography
The following was prepared by Roy Wood, Jr., of Ivyhill Gallery, who is friend of the Roney family. Harold Roney was born in Sullivan, Illinois in 1899. His artistic training began at the Chicago Art Academy and was followed by training at Art Institute of Chicago. After working for a period as an art teacher in South Bend, Illinois, he moved to Houston in 1925, and moved again after three years to the Boerne hill country outside San Antonio. Although most of his life was spent in Texas, the state that he is closest identified with, he did spend several years during the 1930s training in New Hope, Pennsylvania with John Folinsbee and Harry Leith Ross. He received further training from two Texas painters, Harry A. deYoung and Paul Schuman.... Read full biography
The following was prepared by Roy Wood, Jr., of Ivyhill Gallery, who is friend of the Roney family. Harold Roney was born in Sullivan, Illinois in 1899. His artistic training began at the Chicago Art Academy and was followed by training at Art Institute of Chicago. After working for a period as an art teacher in South Bend, Illinois, he moved to Houston in 1925, and moved again after three years to the Boerne hill country outside San Antonio. Although most of his life was spent in Texas, the state that he is closest identified with, he did spend several years during the 1930s training in New Hope, Pennsylvania with John Folinsbee and Harry Leith Ross. He received further training from two Texas painters, Harry A. deYoung and Paul Schuman. He was a landscape painter of some note, and never failed to enjoy painting the Texas landscape. A colorist of note, he primarily... Read full biography