Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Chicago, IL on April 11, 1901. Hardy studied art at the AIC and Audubon Tyler School while studying law at the University of Chicago and Harvard. After ten years of law practice in Chicago, he moved to San Francisco in 1937. For fifty years he practiced law as a specialist in patents, trademarks, and copyrights while painting in his leisure. His watercolors took top awards in California exhibitions. Hardy was a resident of Oakland and active as an artist until his death on Jan. 24, 1989. Member: SWA; Eastbay WC Society; Oakland AA; Richmond Art Center. In: University Club (SF). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Interview with the artist or his/her family; SF Chronicle, 1-26-1989 (obituary). | | 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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