Harry Carmean (born August 5, 1922, in Anthony, Kansas) is an American painter known for his figurative paintings based on the work of the old masters. The ideas of the Renaissance, Baroque, Mannerist and Impressionist art can all be seen in his work to varying degrees. He is known for practicing a form of drawing known as “draughstmanship” in which specific art ideas are consistently applied throughout a drawing. He was an instructor at Art Center College of Design from 1952 through 1996 and has taught thousands of students. He headed the Life Studies Department for the last 25 years of his tenure there.
Exhibitions/Bio
Timeline
| 1922 Born in Anthony, Kansas
1923 Moved to California 1936 Began producing Portraits 1940 Courses in Art and Music at ??? 1941 Received award in Poster Contest 1942 Entered World War II in U.S. Army 1944 Trobridge, England Red Cross – Solo Exhibition 1945 L’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France 1946 Returned to Los Angeles for career as singer 1946 Completed first studio 1947 Enters Art Center under Lorser Fietelson, Los Angeles 1948 Exhibits at Los Angeles Art Association 1948 Orange Show in San Bernardino, CA 1949 Flower Show, Orange County, CA 1949 Founded Ardmore Group 1950 California Color Society “Eight California Painters”; Los Angeles Art Association Membership & Exhibition 1951 Palos Verdes Community Art Association; Los Angeles Art Association’s “Artists You Should Know” 1952 Joins staff at Los Angeles Art Center 1953 Chaffey community Art Association, Ontario, CA 1954 Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Employed Walt Disney Studios; Santa Monica Art Gallery “Southern California Artists” 1954 Joins Feitelson, Lundeburg and De Erderly on LA Art Association panel 1955 Madonna Festiva, Wilshire Ebel, LA, CA; Festival of The Arts, Laguna, CA 1956 Festival of the Arts, Laguna, CA; Functionalist West, LA Art Association, 1957 Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Chaffey Community Art Association; Chapman College; Chaffey College; Downey Museum of Art; LA Art Association; Mc Ney Galleries, , TX 1959 Orange County Art Association 1960 Palos Verdes Art Association; Long Beach Museum of Art, “Arts of Southern California – Drawing,”; Two traveling exhibitions for Western Association of Art Museum – Seattle, WA. 1961 Eastern Circuit, Traveling Exhibit, Chapman College, Orange, CA; Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX; Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA; Wuston Museum of FineRacine, WI Art; Columbia Museum of Fine, Columbia, SC Art; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA |
| 1961 Micheal Thomas Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
1962 Marymount College, Los Angeles, CA 1962 Orange County At Association 1964 Fullerton Art Association, Los Angeles, CA 1970 Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA 1974 Seventh Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1975 Seventh Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1976 Seventh Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1976 Moody Gallery, Pasadena, CA 1977 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 1977 Seventh Street, Los Angeles, CA 1978 Moody Gallery, Pasadena, CA 1984 Dan Turk Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1987 N.W. Ayer, Los Angeles, CA 1988 Nebera Gallery, Denver, CO 1989 Nebera Gallery, Denver, CO 1989 Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA 1990 Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA 1999 Chrysanthou, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Karpeles Museum, Santa Barbara, CA 2002 “The Art of Love” Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 2004 “The Moment Before the Moment” Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 2005 “In the Flesh” Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 2006 “Masters, Mentors and Metamorphosis” Fullerton College Art Museum, Fullerton, CA |
