Harry Mathes Explained

Harry Aaron Mathes (1882–1969)^[1] was an American painter in the New York art scene from the early 20th century until his death in 1969.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

He was a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute.^[4] He had additional training in Paris, London, Munich and Italy between the wars (and with Hans Hofmann).

He settled in New York City living most of his life in Greenwich Village and he was a frequent exhibitor at the Lynn Kottler^[5] and Pietrantonio^[6] galleries and at juried shows.^[7] His stylistic repertoire encompassed post-impressionism, cubism and abstract expressionism. Mathes had a lifetime membership in the New York Art Students' League,^{[8] [9]} where he studied over several decades. Pre-1950s colleagues include Sigmund Menkes, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Nahum Tschacbasov, and others. Midwestern artist Joe Jones credits Mathes for "training" him during a brief residence in St. Louis as one of the "Blue Lantern" ^[10] waterfront group in the early 1920s.^[11]

Mathes was reviewed in the New York Times^{[12] [13]} and the Herald Tribune, and is listed in Who Was Who in American Art. The recipient of numerous awards and prizes,^{[14] [15] [16]} he was photographed by Paul Juley in the 1950s and 1960s and exhibited at the National Museum of American Art as part of the Peter Juley and Son Collection documenting American artists, which currently resides in the archive of the Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Institution.

External links

• • • Invitation to Ceceile Gallery show from March 1959
• Credited as Illustrator for The Lady and the Pirate by Emerson Hough 1913
• HTML version of The Lady and the Pirate by Emerson Hough 1913
• A Harry Mathes illustration in Michael's Son by Harry J Smith
• Harper's Magazine Archive - Michael's Son by Harry J Smith

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 8, 1969 . Obituaries: Harry Mathes . 2022-07-27 . Times Machine . . 43 . en.
2. http://harrymathes.com/top.html Complete Bio and collections
3. http://www.askart.com/askart/m/harry_a_mathes/harry_a_mathes.aspx Harry A. Mathes at AskArt.com
4. http://harrymathes.com/archival/Chicago%20Academy%20of%20Fine%20Arts,%20letters%20from%20colleagues/index.html Letters from colleagues at the Chicago Art Institute
5. http://harrymathes.com/archival/Mathes%20at%20Lynn%20Kottler%20Gallery%20(1953...)/index.html Exhibiting at Lynn Kottler 1953
6. http://harrymathes.com/archival/Mathes%20at%20Pietrantonio%201959%20-%201969/index.html Exhibiting at Pietrantonio 1959-69
7. http://harrymathes.com/archival/New%20York%20City%20Center%20Gallery%20-%201956/index.html New York City Center Gallery 1956
8. http://harrymathes.com/archival/Art%20Students'%20League%20Member%20Card.jpg Art Students League Member Card
9. http://harrymathes.com/archival/ASL%20Student%20Records/index.html Art Students League Records
10. http://harrymathes.com/archival/Blue%20Lantern%20Bohemians%20-%20St.%20Louis/slides/Blue%20Lantern%20Bohemians.html St. Louis Post-Dispatch article by Helen Severs about Blue Lantern group
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20111222071944/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,883403,00.html Time Magazine article Housepainter June 3, 1935 about artist Joe Jones referencing his association with Harry Mathes
12. http://harrymathes.com/archival/New%20York%20Times%20reprints/index.html New York Times reprint reviews
13. http://harrymathes.com/archival/slides/New%20York%20Times%20Review%20-%20Nov.%2022,%201956.html NY Times Reviews Nov 22 1956, Nov 20 1958
14. http://harrymathes.com/archival/slides/Ludwig%20Baumann%20Award%20%201953.html Ludwig Bauman Award
15. http://harrymathes.com/archival/New%20York%20City%20Center%20Gallery%20-%201956/slides/New%20York%20Center%20Gallery%20First%20Prize%20%201956.html New York City Center Gallery First Prize June 1956
16. http://harrymathes.com/archival/New%20York%20City%20Center%20Gallery%20-%201956/slides/New%20York%20Center%20Gallery%20First%20Prize%20%201960.html New York City Center Gallery Watercolor Exhibit First Prize January 1961