Samuel Hyde Harris Art
American, 1889-1977
At 14 years of age Sam Hyde Harris was already a successful commercial artist. A 1903 letter of recommendation from Andre & Sleigh, stated that, "We have the pleasure in stating that Samuel Harris (aged 14 ½ years) has given every satisfaction during the 8 or 9 months he has been engaged in our Artists Department."
After moving to California with his family Harris got a job as painter of signs, billboards and hand-lettered show cards in 1906. He developed a reputation for doing excellent commercial work and opened his own commercial art studio by 1914. His commercial art business received a boost in 1920 when he was hired by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company to work on their poster advertising. He was later hired to do artwork Southern Pacific Railways as well.
He began studying painting with Hanson Puthuff in 1906, and continued studying throughout much of his life. As early as 1920 he was exhibiting with the California Art Club. He continued exhibiting his paintings for the next fifty plus years including with the Painters and Sculptors of Southern California, the Pacific Advertising Club Association (1929), the San Gabriel Artists Guild, the Laguna Beach Art Association and many other venues.
He won countless awards in hundreds of exhibitions throughout Southern and Northern California. Sam Hyde Harris was "Highly recognizable because of his six-foot-three stature and cigar." He "was known for his jovial personality and his love for his adopted California and her landscape." He preferred painting en plein air to the studio. He loved the outdoors. Harris's paintings employ a progressive composition, pushing the viewers eye to an unexpected place. He taught art classes at the Chouinard School of Art (1935) and for many Clubs and Groups.
He met and married Marion Dodge in 1945. They moved to Alhambra in 1946. He bought Jack Wilkinson Smith's "Artists' Alley" studio on Champion Place in 1950. He loved looking at the San Gabriel Mountains from his Champion Place studio.
Biography submitted by Maurine St. Gaudens, Administrator, Marion Dodge Harris Estate:
Sources: Maurine St. Gaudens, Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, Gary Lang, Dr. Martin A. Folb, Sam Hyde Harris: 1889 - 1977 a Retrospective: A Pictorial Biography of His Life and Workto
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Arroyo Grove, c. 1940s
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Pasadena, CA
Consigned to American Legacy Fine Arts by H&N Fine Art as part of the Katherine A. Norris Legacy Collection, Newport Beach, California; Bonham’s California, April 11, 2005, lot 205, sold for $7,000; Estate of Sam Harris
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Early Modern Railroad Travel Advertising Serigraph of a Church in Taxco, Mexico
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage early modern railroad advertising travel poster based on an original oil painting by Californian artist Samuel Hyde Harris and printed by Velvetone Poster Co. The work featur...
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Along the River
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Missouri, MO
By the great California Impressionist, Samuel Hyde Harris.
"Along the River" c. 1930s
Oil on Board
Signed Lower Left
Image Size: 12 x 16 inches
Framed...
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1930s American Impressionist Samuel Hyde Harris Art
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Oil, Board
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Autumn II
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Missouri, MO
By the great California Impressionist, Sam Hyde Harris.
Image Size: 12 x 16 inches
Framed Size: 14.25 x 18 inches
Signed and Titled Verso
At 14 years...
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1930s American Impressionist Samuel Hyde Harris Art
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Above the Beach
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Missouri, MO
By the great California Impressionist, Samuel Hyde Harris.
"Above the Beach" c. 1940s
Oil on Board
12 x 16 (image)
18 3/4 x 23 1/4 (framed
Signed
Titled Verso
At 14 years of age Sa...
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1940s American Impressionist Samuel Hyde Harris Art
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Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
Lone Pine (Cottonwoods)
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Missouri, MO
By the great California Impressionist, Samuel Hyde Harris.
"Lone Pine (Cottonwoods)" c. 1940s
Oil on Board
16 x 20 (image)
23 x 27 (framed)
At 14 years of age Sam Hyde Harris was already a successful commercial artist. A 1903 letter of recommendation from Andre & Sleigh, stated that, "We have the pleasure in stating that Samuel Harris (aged 14 ½ years) has given every satisfaction during the 8 or 9 months he has been engaged in our Artists Department."
After moving to California with his family Harris got a job as painter of signs, billboards and hand-lettered show cards in 1906. He developed a reputation for doing excellent commercial work and opened his own commercial art studio by 1914. His commercial art business received a boost in 1920 when he was hired by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company to work on their poster advertising. He was later hired to do artwork Southern Pacific Railways as well.
He began studying painting with Hanson Puthuff in 1906, and continued studying throughout much of his life. As early as 1920 he was exhibiting with the California Art Club. He continued exhibiting his paintings for the next fifty plus years including with the Painters and Sculptors of Southern California, the Pacific Advertising Club Association (1929), the San Gabriel Artists Guild, the Laguna Beach Art Association and many other venues.
He won countless awards in hundreds of exhibitions throughout Southern and Northern California. Sam Hyde Harris was "Highly recognizable because of his six-foot-three stature and cigar." He "was known for his jovial personality and his love for his adopted California and her landscape." He preferred painting en plein air to the studio. He loved the outdoors. Harris's paintings employ a progressive composition, pushing the viewers eye to an unexpected place. He taught art classes at the Chouinard School of Art (1935) and for many Clubs and Groups.
He met and married Marion Dodge in 1945. They moved to Alhambra in 1946. He bought Jack Wilkinson Smith's "Artists' Alley" studio on Champion Place in 1950. He loved looking at the San Gabriel Mountains from his Champion Place studio.
Biography submitted by Maurine St. Gaudens, Administrator, Marion Dodge Harris Estate:
Sources:
Maurine St. Gaudens, Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, Gary Lang...
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1940s American Impressionist Samuel Hyde Harris Art
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Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
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