Harry Carnohan (1904-1969) | DMA Staging Content Management System

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Born in Milford, Texas, Harry Carnohan studied with the veteran Texan painter Frank Reaugh in 1928 before going to Paris, where he spent at least four years absorbing the art and life of the city. Upon his return he became something of an intellectual gadfly, noted for his commentary on modern art and its theory but relatively inactive as an artist. Indeed, one of the few paintings he completed after his return from Paris was the often-mentioned West Texas Landscape of 1934. He was active as a speaker in the Dallas Artists League and served as an occasional art critic for the Dallas Journal. He worked on the Texas Centennial and taught in Dallas before moving to New York, where he taught at Columbia University from 1940 to 1953. Carnohan spent his final years as an antiques and furniture dealer in California.

Adapted from

Rick Stewart, Lone Star Regionalism: The Dallas Nine and Their Circle (Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum of Art, 1985), 164.

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Added the following dates and geographic locations:

B. 4/18/1904 Milford, TX

D. 3/9/1969 San Diego, CA

Dallas- trained- Studied under Vivian Auspaugh and Frank Reaugh

Chicago- trained-192?-1926- Art Institute of Chicago

Paris- trained- 1926-1931- funded by Bryan Lathrop Traveling Fellowship, studied under Andre L'Hote, exhibited at the Salon d'Automne (1927)

Dallas- worked- 1930s- taught at Dallas Art Institute

NYC- worked- 1940-1953- taught at Columbia University

Pacific beach, CA- worked- 1953

La Jolla, CA- worked- after 1953- worked as an antique and furniture dealer

ASSOCIATED CONTENT CHUNKS

Dallas Nine

Regionalism (style or movement)

Texas Centennial Exposition and Art Exhibition (1936)

Lone Star Printmakers

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Harry Peyton Carnohan~Read Kendall Curlee's biography for this artist on the Handbook of Texas Online (published by the Texas State Historical Association).
Dallas Nine~ Read more about this group on the Handbook of Texas Online (published by the Texas State Historical Association).

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General Description

Born in Milford, Texas, Harry Carnohan studied with the veteran Texan painter Frank Reaugh in 1928 before going to Paris, where he spent at least four years absorbing the art and life of the city. Upon his return he became something of an intellectual gadfly, noted for his commentary on modern art and its theory but relatively inactive as an artist. Indeed, one of the few paintings he completed after his return from Paris was the often-mentioned West Texas Landscape of 1934. He was active as a speaker in the Dallas Artists League and served as an occasional art critic for the Dallas Journal. He worked on the Texas Centennial and taught in Dallas before moving to New York, where he taught at Columbia University from 1940 to 1953. Carnohan spent his final years as an antiques and furniture dealer in California.