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An example of work by Harold Harper Capers
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| | Born in Brooklyn, NY on April 21, 1902. Capers studied at the AIC. He was a resident of Chicago in 1929 and later moved to northern California. He died in Contra Costa County, CA on Aug. 29, 1983. Member: New York Society of Illustrators; Carmel AA; Calif. WC Club. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1929; Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Fielding, Mantle); Death record. | | 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. |
Biography from ArtSanDiego:
|  Harold Harper Capers was born on April 4, 1899. In 1902 he
lived in Brooklyn, New York. Later, in 1929, he lived in Chicago,
Illinois where he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He
studied under F. Tadema, J. Allen St. John, and Wellington Reynolds.
Capers became a commercial artist, using his watercolor skills to
provide illustrations for magazines and various advertising art venues.
Capers was a member of the Artist’s Guild of the Artist’s League in
NYC. He was also a member of the NY Society of Illustrators and
Writers, the California Watercolor Society, and in the 1940’s to the
early 1950’s, a member of the prestigious Carmel Art Association.
Harold Harper Capers died in Walnut Creek, California on August 29, 1983.
Sources include:
Peter Falk, Who Was Who in American Art
Glenn Opitz, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
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