Harry Aaron Mathes (1882–1969) was an American painter in the New York art scene from the early 20th century until his death in 1969.Complete Bio and collectionsHarry A. Mathes at AskArt.com
Biography He was a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute.Letters from colleagues at the Chicago Art Institute 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 KottlerExhibiting at Lynn Kottler 1953 and PietrantonioExhibiting at Pietrantonio 1959-69 galleries and at juried shows.New York City Center Gallery 1956 His stylistic repertoire encompassed Post-Impressionism, Cubism and abstract expressionism. Mathes had a lifetime membership in the New York Art Students' League,Art Students League Member CardArt Students League Records 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" St. Louis Post-Dispatch article by Helen Severs about Blue Lantern group waterfront group in the early 1920s.Time Magazine article Housepainter June 3, 1935 about artist Joe Jones referencing his association with Harry Mathes
Mathes was reviewed in the New York TimesNew York Times reprint reviewsNY Times Reviews Nov 22 1956, Nov 20 1958 and the Herald Tribune, and is listed in Who Was Who in American Art. The recipient of numerous awards and prizes,Ludwig Bauman AwardNew York City Center Gallery First Prize June 1956New York City Center Gallery Watercolor Exhibit First Prize January 1961 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.
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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