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Harold HaydonWestern View from Sun Deck on Ajax Mt, Aspen, Colo.1955
1955
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A small, colorful Modernist landscape painting by Harold Haydon, depicting "View NW from Sun Deck, Aspen, Colo, Ajax Mt.", dated 1955. This painting comes from the estate of the artist.
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in 1909 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1941. Haydon attended the University of Chicago Lab School and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Philosophy. He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1930s. Haydon became a Professor of Art at the University of Chicago from 1944-1975 and later taught as an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975-1981. From 1975-1982, Haydon also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University .
Harold Haydon served as the longtime art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1963-1985. He died in Chicago in 1994. A portion of the proceeds of the sale of his artworks benefits the scholarship fund of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Creator:Harold Haydon (1909 - 1994, American)
- Creation Year:1955
- Dimensions:Height: 4.5 in (11.43 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Framed Size 10 3/4" x 11 3/4", Oil on paperPrice: $950
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- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2591212644162
Harold Haydon
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1941. He attended the University of Chicago Lab School and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Philosophy. He also studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of Chicago, teaching from 1944-1975. He became an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975-1981. Haydon also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University from 1975-1982. In addition, Haydon served as the noted art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1963-1985. He died in Chicago in 1994.
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