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Harold Haydon"Nude Breakfast", A Fantastic Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Oil: Couple at Table1961
1961
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"Nude Breakfast", A Fantastic Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Nude Couple at a Breakfast Table by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Executed in the artist's innovative, abstract "Binocular Vision" style of painting for which much of his post-war work became best recognized. Completed in July, 1961 at Haydon's summer home and studio in Calais, Vermont.
Artwork size: 8” x 10” (Framed size: 11” x 13”). Oil and graphite on canvas board. Signed and dated "Harold Haydon 8-VIII-61", lower right. Estate stamped reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in 1909 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He moved to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1941. Haydon attended the University of Chicago Lab School and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Philosophy. He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1930s. Haydon became a Professor of Art at the University of Chicago from 1944-1975 and later taught as an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975-1981. From 1975-1982, Haydon also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University. He is recognized for his vibrant, painterly landscapes of New England, Vermont and Canada, as well as his dynamic urban views of the city of Chicago and its picturesque lakefront.
Harold Haydon served as the longtime, respected art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper from 1963-1985. He died in Chicago in 1994.
- Creator:Harold Haydon (1909 - 1994, American)
- Creation Year:1961
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 13 in (33.02 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:Very good / fine original estate condition. See photos,.
- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:Seller: #90541stDibs: LU2591216525092
Harold Haydon
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1941. He attended the University of Chicago Lab School and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Philosophy. He also studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of Chicago, teaching from 1944-1975. He became an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975-1981. Haydon also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University from 1975-1982. In addition, Haydon served as the noted art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1963-1985. He died in Chicago in 1994.
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