Harold Haydon: Modern Landscapes

Harold Emerson Haydon was born in 1909 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1941. Haydon attended the University of Chicago Lab School and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Philosophy. He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1930s. Haydon became a Professor of Art at the University of Chicago from 1944-1975 and later taught as an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975-1981. From 1975-1982, Haydon also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University. He is recognized for his vibrant, painterly landscapes of New England and Canada, as well as his dynamic city views of Chicago and its lakefront.

Harold Haydon served as the longtime art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper from 1963-1985. He died in Chicago in 1994.

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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Autumn Landscape, Vermont), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #9522
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Lake and Inlet), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  20 x 25 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #8778
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Vermont Landscape), 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 16 inches

  Inscribed and dated #25 PC VT 1940, on reverse.

  #9519
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Birch Grove, ca. 1947

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Signed Harold Haydon and titled on reverse.

  #8772
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Hillside in Vermont, 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Signed Harold Haydon, lower left; dated and inscribed #3 PC VT 1940 on reverse.

  #8842
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Sea of Mist, Vermont, 1948

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 25 1/2 inches

  Signed and dated Harold Haydon 14-VIII-48, lower left; titled on reverse.

  #8758
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Vermont, September 24, Blue Sky), 1947

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Dated 24-IX-47, upper right.

  #6202
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Vermont Landscape with Burning Bush), ca. 1940

  Oil on board

  8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #9057
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Waterway), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #9523
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Mountain Hillside, Vermont), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #9525
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Flowing Water), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #9524
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Mountain Hillside), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  20 x 25 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #9116
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Rock Path), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #8764
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Landscape- Foot Hills), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #8768
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Landscape, Mountain Path), ca. 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Estate stamped on reverse.

  #8775
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Man Sketching at Campsite), 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Inscribed and dated PC VT #19 1940, on reverse.

  #9529
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Seated Man Overlooking Hills), 1940

  Oil on canvas

  16 x 20 inches

  Inscribed and dated #24 PC VT 1940, on reverse.

  #9530
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  Harold Haydon

  American, 1909 - 1994

  Untitled (Reflection), 1943

  Oil on canvas

  15 x 20 inches

  Signed and dated Harold Haydon Aug. 1943, lower right.

  #9518