Harold Heartt Foley (1874 – 1923) was an early twentieth-century American painter, collagist and illustrator.
Youth and education
Born in New York City in 1874, the young Harold Leroy Livingston grew up in an honorable and wealthy family.
He was a good student of art and quickly became a success as a painter and magazine illustrator.
The influence of
Howard Pyle and
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, ...
are obvious in many works during the period 1900–1910. He aspired to participate at The Golden Age of Illustration generation. As he was fascinated by European history and arts, he decided to move there.
Europe
In September 1906, in
Malta, he married miss Elizabeth Schell-Cragin Foley became famous as Harold Heartt for his illustration of
Selma Lagerlöf's book ''
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1907. The couple settled in Paris.
He used to expose his works in the salons in Paris.
Well known in the "American colony", Harold and his wife used to welcome and help American artists living abroad like
Arthur Garfield Dove
Arthur Garfield Dove (August 2, 1880 – November 23, 1946) was an American artist. An early American modernist, he is often considered the first American abstract painter.. Dove used a wide range of media, sometimes in unconventional combinati ...
.
Harold Heartt Foley died in Paris in 1923 and was buried in Montparnasse cemetery.
[Heartt tomb, Montparnasse cemetery, division 15 (high), alley 1 (way).]
See also
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
References
External links
HaroldHearttFoleyblog at
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1874 births
1923 deaths
19th-century American painters
American male painters
20th-century American painters
American watercolorists
American expatriates in France
American magazine illustrators
Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery
19th-century American male artists
20th-century American male artists