 Henry Lewis Bailey is primarily known as Harry Lewis Bailey
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|  Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was a resident painter, etcher, and illustrator of Beverly Hills, California. He studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and was a member of the California Art Club and the California Society of Etchers. |
Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| | Painter, illustrator, etcher. Born in St Louis, MO on Dec. 2, 1879. Bailey was educated at the St Louis School of Fine Arts. Due to health problems he relocated to southern California about 1907. After a few years in Ocean Park, he settled in Los Angeles. Life was difficult for artists during the 1930s. With his art career on hold, he worked in a furniture store until his suicide on May 17, 1933. Member: Calif. Art Club; Calif. Society of Etchers; Calif. PM Society. Exh: Steckels (LA), 1908; Calif. Art Club, 1914, 1927; Panama-Calif. Expo (San Diego), 1915 (bronze medal); Barkers (LA), 1917; PM of LA, 1916-29. PF; AAA 1917-33; AAW; CA&A; SCA; DR. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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Henry Bailey is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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