Early 20th Century Abstracted Landscape by Charles Henry Harmon

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A colorful, expressive fauvist watercolor landscape of a pond in the forest (Pan Pacific Exposition Palace Ruins) by Charles Henry … more A colorful, expressive fauvist watercolor landscape of a pond in the forest (Pan Pacific Exposition Palace Ruins) by Charles Henry Harmon(American, 1895-1936). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "Chas H. Harmon" right & on verso. 5"H x 7.25"L.

Chas had no formal art training but loved to visit galleries in San Francisco and began painting in the Santa Clara Valley. He went to many other remote areas along the Monterey Coast and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. By the turn of the century, Gumps department store of San Francisco handled his work exclusively, and his reputation was well established. less