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Birth
1889 (Middlesex, England)
Death
1977 (Los Angeles, California)
Lived/Active
California
Subject to Copyright
Often Known For
landscape and marine painting, illustration, mural
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Categories of Interest
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Impressionists Pre 1940
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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 re (showing 500 of 4354 characters). |
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