Résumé
Charley Harper
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Cincinnati, OH
Education
- BFA, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
- Art Students League, NY
- West Virginia Wesleyan, WV
Solo Exhibitions
–: Naturally Connected: Charley Harper and the Department of the Interior at the U.S. Geological Survey
A smaller, reconfigured version of the Interior Museum’s Naturally Connected exhibition was convened specifically for display at the USGS headquarters offices in Reston, Virginia. This temporary exhibition involved 42 pieces from the Museum’s collection and three on loan from the Charley Harper Art Studio.
–: Naturally Connected: Charley Harper and the Department of the Interior at the Interior Museum
American artist Charley Harper (1922–2007) distilled his observations of nature into bold, highly stylized designs that have remained timeless in their appeal. Naturally Connected reflected on Harper’s artistic legacy and its connections to many facets of the Interior’s mission, the symbiotic work of Interior’s bureaus, and inter-connectivity within the natural world. The exhibition featured 43 Harper serigraphs from the Interior Museum’s collection, plus 26 loaned materials from the Charley Harper Art Studio, including Harper’s personal drafting tools and two rare color studies for the National Park poster series.
- Harper Ever After, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
- Design in the Desert, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
- Charley Harper, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
- Ohlio, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH
- Permanents Transients, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH
- Charley Harper: Original Paintings and Drawings, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Charley Harper, Country Club, Los Angeles, CA
- Puyallup Fair, Puyallup, WA
- Charley Harper: An Exhibition of Original Paintings & Vintage Serigraphs, The Public Trust, Dallas, TX
- Charley Harper: An Exhibition of Original Paintings & Vintage Serigraphs, The Public Trust, Dallas, TX
- Works on Paper 1961-1970, Country Club Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
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Beguiled by the Wild: The Art of Charley Harper at the Interior Museum
The exhibition included several serigraphs, plus—on loan from the National Park Service—nine original acrylic on canvas works for the National Park Service posters.
- Edie’s solo exhibit of photographs at the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati
- Edie’s exhibit of photographs, Modern Art Society of Cincinnati
- Charley’s exhibit of watercolors, Closson’s department store, Cincinnati, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
Minimal Realism: Charley and Edie Harper, 1940-1960,
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH- Edie Harper exhibit in Part II of
Graphic Content: Contemporary and Modern / Art and Design,
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH - –
- Charley Harper exhibit in Part I of
Graphic Content: Contemporary and Modern / Art and Design,
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati Art: Art & Design at Mid-Century,
Phyllis Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Bibliography
- Charles Harper’s Birds and Words by Charles Harper, republished by AMMO Books, Los Angeles, CA
- Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life, edited by Todd Oldham, AMMO Books, Los Angeles, CA
- Beguiled by the Wild: The Art of Charley Harper, Flower Valley Press
- Charles Harper’s Birds and Words by Charles Harper, Frame House Gallery, Louisville, KY
- The Animal Kingdom, illustrated by Charley Harper, written by George S. Fichter, Random House, Inc.
- The Giant Golden Book of Biology, illustrated by Charley Harper, by written Gerard Ames and Rose Wyler, Random House, Inc.
- Betty Crocker’s Dinner for Two, illustrated by Charley Harper, published by General Mills
- Ford Times Magazine, Art Director Arthur T. Lougee, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, IL
- Children’s Nursery Rhymes Series, illustrations by Charley Harper
Public Commissions
- Web of Life, mosaic mural, Pearson Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH
- Space Walk, mosaic mural, Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH
- Space for All Species, mosaic mural, John Weld Peck Federal Building, Cincinnati, OH
- Model T Mural, installation at reception area of the Ford Rotunda Building, Dearborn, MI
Advertising, Promotions, & Illustrations
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- Rotunda Brochure, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
- The Sohioan Magazine, Standard Oil Company, OH
- The Crosley Group Broadcasting Corporation, Cincinnati, OH
- Abbot Laboratories Chicago, IL
- Moonbeams by Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH
- Farm Quarterly
- Morton Salt Company, Industrial Division, Chicago, IL
- Libby’s Pineapple, Libby, McNeil, and Libby, Chicago, IL
- Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
- Hallmark Cards
- Emery Industries
- Ford Motor Company, Lincoln–Mercury Division, Dearborn, MI
- Associated American Artists, NY
- Brazil Airlines
- Ranger Rick Magazine
Graphics Commissions
- New Jersey Audubon Society
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- The Entomology Foundation
- Friends of the Desert
- The Monteverde Cloud Forest School Foundation
- Hamilton County Ohio Park District, Hamilton, OH
- Ohio Historical Society
- Society for Ecological Restoration
- Cincinnati Nature Center
- The Ownevs
- The Nature Center
- Florida Conservancy, Naples
- U.S. National Park Service