Price, William Henry

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Price, William Henry

Price, William Henry (1863-1940).

Sunlight on Sierra Slopes by William Henry Price (1863-1940)

29" x 33", Oil/Canvas, Signed Lower Left

Est.: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $4,675 on 6/17/2003

Painter.

Born in Pittsburgh, PA on Feb. 14, 1863.

Price had a few art lessons from Emil Forester while working for Anaconda Copper Company in Butte, MT.

He had visited Laguna Beach, CA in 1910 and, after retiring from the business world in 1920, settled there and devoted the rest of his life to art.

He studied briefly with Edgar Payne but was primarily a self-taught painter of landscapes and marines.

Price died in Pasadena, CA on Sept. 12, 1940.

Exh: Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1931 (prize); Gardena Art Gallery, 1933 (2nd prize); Clearwater Gallery, 1934 (1st prize); Calif. State Fair, 1934, 1935; Academy of Western Painters, 1935-38; Pasadena Society of Artists, 1935-37 (1st prize); Calif. Art Club, 1930s; Laguna Beach AA, 1930s.

In: Gardena (CA) High School. 11 WWAA 1936-41; CA&A; SCA; LA Times, 9-13-1940 (obit).

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