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      Sam Hugh Harris

      Sam Hugh Harris

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      Sam Hugh Harris (1919-2018)

       

       

      • The Collection
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      • Artist, poet and writer, Sam Hugh Harris painted in the great traditions of Modern Art including Impressionism and Symbolism. He was one of the longest standing members of the reputable Carmel Art Association. At a young age, Sam started his vocation under the tutelage of his father Sam Hyde Harris (1889-1977) who distinguished himself as an early California plein air landscape painter. Sam graduated from the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Carmel Art Institute, studying figurative and still life painting. He was the pupil of John Cunningham and Alexander Archipenko and befriended John Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath). He was also part of a group of Monterey artists called "The New Group". Sam lived, painted and exhibited in Paris and Rome throughout the 1960s and 1970s. 

        Sam Harris was born in Los Angeles, California in 1919. The son of well-known California plein air artist, Sam Hyde Harris, he settled on the same vocation at an early age. Sam Jr. would often venture out into the local landscape to paint and learn from his father. After high school, and during The Great Depression, Sam received a four-year scholarship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles on the strength of his painting and early etchings (some of which are in The Lost Art Collection). At the Otis Institute he studied with Ralph Homes, George Biddle, Alexander Brook, Edourard Vysekal, and others.

        Sam was drafted into World War II and served from 1941-1945 in the US Air Force. While stationed in China he studied Chinese brush painting under Professor Dong of Kumming, learning the art of silk and rice paper painting. While stationed in India he painted several large murals for the US Special Services. Sam would also paint portraits of his fellow soldiers as a way of earning money. During his time in India, he was introduced to meditation. Later, Sam would have a significant spiritual practice (Anthroposophy) which would play an important role in his artistic and personal life.

        After the War, Sam moved to Monterey, CA with his wife Gertrude and studied at the Carmel Art Institute with John Cunningham and Alexander Archipenko, among others. He rented a small studio on Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey and often painted the harbor and boats. There he would meet John Steinbeck (the author of Cannery Row and The Grapes of Wrath) and Ed Ricketts (the famed ecologist and philosopher). Sam exhibited with other Monterey artists known as “The New Group” at the Pal Wall Gallery in Monterey.

        Sam supported his young family by designing and building homes and carving custom furniture. He was an avid sailor and he designed and built various innovative sail boats. He raced with the Monterey Yacht Club and once sailed to Mexico with his brother and fellow artist, Pat Carey (whose work is also in the Lost Art Collection). Sam was a bon vivant with a bohemian spirit. In Carmel he sang with various choral groups and joined a folkloric dance troupe. In 1963, after a long illness, his wife Gertrude died at a young age.

        At this point, Sam decided to radically change his life. He sold his house and moved to Paris with his young daughter where his art career flourished. He lived in the Latin Quarter and drove a little 1100 Fiat. He exhibited in one-person shows (including at the Rothschild’s Chateau) and made much of his living with commissioned portraits. During his five years in Paris, he met an Italian woman from Rome named Silvana. They explored the French countryside in their Fiat and peddled around town on a tandem bicycle they picked up at the flea market. On one of their excursions, they ventured to Mont St. Michel, where Sam painted a significant oil of the island commune. Eventually their romance turned into a marriage and in 1969 they moved back to Carmel, California. With them they carried approximately fifty paintings from Paris.

        In 1973, Sam and Silvana would live in Rome and he would exhibit widely throughout the city selling portraits, city scenes and landscapes. Many of those paintings from Paris and Rome are in the Lost Art Collection. Over the decades, Silvana and Sam would shuttle back and forth between California and Italy where Silvana had an extended family. In their Carmel home Sam painted an enormous mural of Rome as a gift to Silvana.

        Sam Hugh Harris painted in a style that reflected many of the great traditions of Modern Art, including Impressionism. He employed aspects of Symbolism to express his Anthroposophical spiritual beliefs. Sam was one of the longest standing members of the Carmel Art Association and painted into his final years. He died in Carmel, in 2018. Over the course of his ninety-nine years, he consistently painted self-portraits. We are fortunate to present many of these, spanning the 1940s through the 2010s.

        Exhibition Highlights:

        1944: G.W.V. Smith Gallery (Massachusetts, USA)
        1946: Carmel Art Association (Carmel, CA)
        1950: Pebble Beach Art Gallery (California, US)
        1951: Anthroposophical Society (New York, USA)
        1954: Crocker Art Gallery (Now the Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA)
        1965: OCSE, Château de la Muette (Paris, France)
        1966: Galerie de la 16ème (Paris, France)
        1972: Balleria “Il Babuino (Rome, Italy)
        1975: Galleria “La Fornarina” (Rome, Italy)
        1991: Sala Santa Rita (Rome, Italy)

        We would like to thank Colleen Harris, his niece and the Carmel Art Association for bringing the work and story of Sam Hugh Harris to Lost Art Salon.
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      Geometric Color Study Abstract <br>1999 Oil <br><br>#B3978
      Geometric Color Study Abstract
      1999 Oil

      #B3978
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $3,385
      Sold
      <i>Still Life with Yellow Drape</i> <br>Early 1940s Oil <br><br>#B3626
      Still Life with Yellow Drape
      Early 1940s Oil

      #B3626
      Sam Hugh Harris $1,975
      <i>Au Vrai Saumor</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B3517
      Au Vrai Saumor
      1960s Oil

      #B3517
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,450
      Sold
      <i>Square St. Medard</i> <br>1965 Oil <br><br>#B3521
      Square St. Medard
      1965 Oil

      #B3521
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,785
      Sold
      <i>Portrait of Sheila</i> <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#B3547
      Portrait of Sheila
      Mid Century Oil

      #B3547
      Sam Hugh Harris $2,750
      Portrait with a Goatee <br>1940-50s Oil <br><br>#B3491
      Portrait with a Goatee
      1940-50s Oil

      #B3491
      Sam Hugh Harris $1,450
      Sold
      <i>Portrait with Lute</i> <br>1960 Oil <br><br>#B3417
      Portrait with Lute
      1960 Oil

      #B3417
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $2,475
      Sold
      <i>Evening in Paris</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B3361
      Evening in Paris
      1960s Oil

      #B3361
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,995
      Sold
      <I>Portofino Afternoon</i> <br>20th Century OIl <br><br>#B3380
      Portofino Afternoon
      20th Century OIl

      #B3380
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $2,375
      Sold
      Parisian Scene with the Eifel Tower <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B3388
      Parisian Scene with the Eifel Tower
      1960s Oil

      #B3388
      Sam Hugh Harris $1,275
      Elegant Female Portrait <br>1964 Oil <br><br>#B3437
      Elegant Female Portrait
      1964 Oil

      #B3437
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $2,950
      Sold
      <i>Resting Model</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B3420
      Resting Model
      1960s Oil

      #B3420
      Sam Hugh Harris $2,450
      <i>Self Protrait</i> <br>Circa 1940 Oil <br><br>#B3486
      Self Protrait
      Circa 1940 Oil

      #B3486
      Sam Hugh Harris $2,350
      Minimalist Coastal Scene <br>Late 1930s Etching <br><br>#B3144
      Minimalist Coastal Scene
      Late 1930s Etching

      #B3144
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,495
      Sold
      Gentleman with Cap <br>Late 1930s Etching <br><br>#B3150
      Gentleman with Cap
      Late 1930s Etching

      #B3150
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,350
      Sold
      Modernist Abstracted Figure, Artist Print <br>1940s Etching <br><br>#B3475
      Modernist Abstracted Figure, Artist Print
      1940s Etching

      #B3475
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $875
      Sold
      <i>Au Vieux Paris</i> <br>1967 Oil <br><br>#B3431
      Au Vieux Paris
      1967 Oil

      #B3431
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $3,950
      Sold
      Man Reading in a Doorway <br>20th Century Oil <br><br>#B3464
      Man Reading in a Doorway
      20th Century Oil

      #B3464
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,650
      Sold
      European City Scene <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#B3479
      European City Scene
      Mid Century Oil

      #B3479
      Sam Hugh Harris $1,575
      <i>Roma</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B3426
      Roma
      1960s Oil

      #B3426
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $2,850
      Sold
      <i>San Blas, Mexico</i> <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#B3471
      San Blas, Mexico
      Mid Century Oil

      #B3471
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $875
      Sold
      <i>Mont St. Michel</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B3433
      Mont St. Michel
      1960s Oil

      #B3433
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $4,450
      Sold
      <i>Capri</i> <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#B3494
      Capri
      Mid Century Oil

      #B3494
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $675
      Sold
      <i>Pacific Surge</i> <br>Mid Century Watercolor <br><br>#B3148
      Pacific Surge
      Mid Century Watercolor

      #B3148
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,175
      Sold
      <i>Windward Shore</i> <br>Mid Century Watercolor <br><br>#B3139
      Windward Shore
      Mid Century Watercolor

      #B3139
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,275
      Sold
      Female Protrait in Profile <br>1966 Watercolor & Ink <br><br>#B3142
      Female Protrait in Profile
      1966 Watercolor & Ink

      #B3142
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,275
      Sold
      Dreamy Abstracted Nude <br>Mid Century Watercolor & Graphite <br><br>#B3156
      Dreamy Abstracted Nude
      Mid Century Watercolor & Graphite

      #B3156
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $695
      Sold
      <i>Weather</i> <br>Late 1930s Etching <br><br>#B3146
      Weather
      Late 1930s Etching

      #B3146
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $875
      Sold
      <i>Pan</i> <br>1960-70s Oil <br><br>#B3444
      Pan
      1960-70s Oil

      #B3444
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,650
      Sold
      <i>Red Haired Girl</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B3158
      Red Haired Girl
      1960s Oil

      #B3158
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $875
      Sold
      <i>Passage Dauphine, Paris</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B4121
      Passage Dauphine, Paris
      1960s Oil

      #B4121
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,475
      Sold
      Striking Female Portrait <br>1960-70s Oil <br><br>#B3539
      Striking Female Portrait
      1960-70s Oil

      #B3539
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,165
      Sold
      <i>Chinese Woman with Yellow Butterfly</i> <br>1967 Gouache <br><br>#B3553
      Chinese Woman with Yellow Butterfly
      1967 Gouache

      #B3553
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $685
      Sold
      Elegant Standing Nude <br>Mid Century Watercolor & Graphite <br><br>#B3556
      Elegant Standing Nude
      Mid Century Watercolor & Graphite

      #B3556
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $475
      Sold
      <i>Harbor in Greece</i> <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#B3560
      Harbor in Greece
      Mid Century Oil

      #B3560
      Sam Hugh Harris $1,450
      <i>The Seagull</i> <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#B3537
      The Seagull
      Mid Century Oil

      #B3537
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $975
      Sold
      <i>Female Bathers in a Mythic Scene</i> <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#B3552
      Female Bathers in a Mythic Scene
      Mid Century Oil

      #B3552
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $685
      Sold
      Elegant Sleeping Nude <br>1960s Encaustic <br><br>#B3536
      Elegant Sleeping Nude
      1960s Encaustic

      #B3536
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $765
      Sold
      Reclining Nude Drawing <br>Mid Century Watercolor & Charcoal <br><br>#B3557
      Reclining Nude Drawing
      Mid Century Watercolor & Charcoal

      #B3557
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $450
      Sold
      Abstracted California Coast with Trees<br>Mid Century Watercolor <br><br>#B3554
      Abstracted California Coast with Trees
      Mid Century Watercolor

      #B3554
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $565
      Sold
      <i>Marine Station</i> <br>Mid Century Watercolor <br><br>#B3558
      Marine Station
      Mid Century Watercolor

      #B3558
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $785
      Sold
      <i>Distant View of Sienna</i> <br>20th Century Watercolor <br><br>#B3571
      Distant View of Sienna
      20th Century Watercolor

      #B3571
      Sam Hugh Harris $850
      Playful Orangutan in Tree <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#B3535
      Playful Orangutan in Tree
      Mid Century Oil

      #B3535
      Sam Hugh Harris $745
      <i>Clemens</i> <br>1967 Oil <br><br>#B3533
      Clemens
      1967 Oil

      #B3533
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,750
      Sold
      <i>In The Louvre</i> <br>1965 Oil <br><br>#B4709
      In The Louvre
      1965 Oil

      #B4709
      Sam Hugh Harris $2,450
      European Harbor with Boats <br>1950-60s Oil <br><br>#B4712
      European Harbor with Boats
      1950-60s Oil

      #B4712
      Sam Hugh Harris Sold $1,250
      Sold
      <i>Venice</i> <br>Mid Century OIl <br><br>#B4716
      Venice
      Mid Century OIl

      #B4716
      Sam Hugh Harris $1,250
      European City Scene with Boat <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B6430
      European City Scene with Boat
      1960s Oil

      #B6430
      Sam Hugh Harris $1,350
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