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Harvey Thomas Dunn

Harvey Thomas Dunn (1884 - 1952) was active/lived in Delaware, New Jersey.  Harvey Dunn is known for Frontier genre and marine painting, illustration.

Dunn, Harvey Thomas(1884 1952)

Harvey Thomas Dunn is best known as an illustrator, painter, and muralist. Though based in the East, particularly New Jersey and New York, his native state of South Dakota remained the inspiration for his finest works, which were scenes of prairie life and toil.

Born in 1884 in Manchester, in the Red Stone Valley of South Dakota, he was raised in a sod house on the prairie, where he lived with his parents until he was 17 years old. There Dunn, a large boy, devoted his time to farm chores, school, and his drawing.
During a year he spent at the South Dakota Agriculture College in 1901, his teacher Ada Caldwell, an influential South Dakota artist herself, recognized Dunn's abilities. She encouraged him to continue his studies at the Chicago Art Institute, which he did, and Dunn always acknowledged the opportunities she opened to him.

His tuition was earned by janitor work, odd jobs, and as a summer farm hand. His artistic talent wa   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12704 characters.]  Artist bio

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