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Charles Henry Harmon

Charles Henry Harmon (1859 - 1936) was active/lived in California, Colorado.  Charles Harmon is known for Easel painting, railroad promotion commercial art.

Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Charles Henry Harmon moved to San Jose, California as a youngster in 1874. At a young age, he was apprenticed to Louis Lussier, a local portrait painter.  He also worked in a photography studio retouching negatives.  He had no formal art training but loved to visit galleries in San Francisco and began painting in the Santa Clara Valley.  He also went to many other remote areas along the Monterey Coast and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

By the turn of the century, Gumps department store of San Francisco handled his work exclusively, and his reputation was well established.  In 1905, he settled a studio in Denver, and began commissions for the Santa Fe Railroad, Western Pacific and Colorado Midlands to paint scenes along their route.  He spent his later years in San Jose, California where he died.

Exhibition venues include Mark Hopkins Institute, 1897-98; Gump's (San Francisco), 1899; California State Fair, 1902; Berkeley Le   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1364 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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