Exhibitions – William A. Harper

Lifetime and Memorial Exhibitions

Paintings highlighted with asterix are in the Paintings Gallery. Last updated: February 21, 2020.

Year	Exhibition	Painting	Catalogue Number	Comments
1899	6^th Annual Exhibition of Art Students’ League 1899	Four separate landscapes – priced from $5.00 to $25.00	Nos. 40-43
		Charlie – $2.50	N0. 218
1901	7^th Annual Exhibition of Art Students’ League 1901	Midday	No. 32
		August	No. 33
		The Meadow	No. 34

1902	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, February 3- March 2, 1902	The Lake in the Hills	No. 93
		The Green of Summer	No. 94
		First Sign of Autumn*	No. 95. Photo of painting in Brush and Pencil, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Mar. 1902), pp 336-46 – “Work of Chicago Artists”.

1903	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, February 1-March 1, 1903	Eucalyptus $100	No. 90
		The Old Mulberry $100	No. 91

1904	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, January 28- February 28, 1904	Cornish Upland, Cornwall, England. $100	No 82
		An Ilex at St. Cloud, France. $35.	No 83
		A West Country Slope Corner. $50.	No. 84

1905	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, January 21-February 26, 1905	Morning, Midsummer, Cornwall, Eng. $150	No. 100
		Early Afternoon, Montigny, France.* $150	No. 101. Photo of painting in catalogue. Also in The Voice of the Negro, Vol, 3, p. 117 – “William A. Harper”, by Florence L. Bentley.	Sold to T.E.Donelly of Donelly & Sons, Chicago, per The Voice of the Negro, Vol, 3, p. 117 – “William A. Harper”, by Florence L. Bentley. Now at Howard University in Washington, D.C. (reverse image in article).
		The Hedgerow, Cornwall, Eng. $100	No. 102
		Eventide, Cornwall, Eng.* $50	No. 103. Photo of painting in The Voice of the Negro, Vol, 3, – “William A. Harper”, by Florence L. Bentley	Sold to “another Chicago art lover”.
		Banks of the Loing, Montigny, France.* $100	No. 104. Photo of painting in The World To-Day, Volume VIII, 1905, “Western Artists who stay in the West, by James Spencer Dickerson, and The Voice of the Negro, Vol, 3, – “William A. Harper”, by Florence L. Bentley
		The Potato Field, Cornwall, Eng. $35	No. 105
		Lobbs House, Cornwall, Eng. $35	No. 106
		Grey Day, Cornwall, Eng. $35	No. 107
		Quiet Morning, Cornwall, Eng. $35	No. 108
	O’Brien Galleries exhibition [research Archives of American Art]]	2 paintings

1906	Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists	Young Poplars and Willows*	See: Brush and Pencil, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan., 1906), pp. 22-26. Report on Tenth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists. Photo of painting in The Voice of the Negro, Vol, 3, – “William A. Harper”, by Florence L. Bentley.
	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago. January 30-February 25, 1906.	Early Evening, Cornwall, Eng. $200	No. 107
		Lowland Pastures.* $250	No. 108. Photo of painting in Catalogue.
		The Cabbage Patch. $200	No. 109
		The Last Gleam. $75	No. 110
		The Hillside. $50	No. 111
		The House in the Hollow. $40	No. 112
		Grey day. $35	No. 113
	19th Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists. October 16-November 29, 1906.	A Bit of Lincoln Park	No. 151
		On a Day	No. 152
1907	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago. January 29-February 24, 1907	Gray Day. $40 [Same as 1905? Note different spelling.]	No. 113
		The Road. $40	No. 114
		Dusk. $200	No. 115	Listed in Catalogue of Paintings, Etchings, Engravings and Sculputre of the Union League Club of Chicago, compiled by L. M. McCauley, pgs. 14 and 49 – 1907. Per A History of the Art Collection of the Union League Club of Chicago, Joan G. Wagner, this painting was sold at auction by the Union League Club in 1984.
		Half Leafless and Dry.* $150	No. 116. Photo of painting in catalogue. Photo also in The World To-Day, “The Artist Out of Doors”, by James Spencer Dickerson, 1907, January 1-June1, under the name “In Sere and Yellow Leaf”.	National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
		Cornish Hills. $150	No. 117
	Marshall Field & Company, exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors in the Picture Galleries. Announcement in Chicago Tribune dated May 27, 1907	Unknown.

1908	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago. February 4- March 1, 1908.	Autumn Sunshine. $200	No. 113
		Old House and Vines. $150	No. 114. Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, Vol. 1, No. 3 (April 1908), “The Recent Exhibition of Chicago Artists”. pp. 35-36, states that painting received a prize of $100 from the Young Fortnightly Club.
	One-man exhibition at Milllikin University. September 1908.	Unknown
	21st Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists. October 20-November 29, 1908.	Illinois Landscape*	No. 121. Photo of painting in the Inter Ocean, November 8, 1908.
		Hotel de France	No. 122
1909	13th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists. January 5-January 24, 1909.	October in France	No. 54
		The Mid Days of Autumn	No. 55
	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago. February 2-February 28, 1909	August in France. $300	No. 127
		Old Houses, Montreuil. $100	No. 128
		Late Afternoon. $250	No. 129
	22nd Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists. October 19-November 28, 1909.	Pueblo Indians	No. 122
		The Steps – Mexican Scene	No. 123	American Art News, Vol. 8, No. [7/8?], Dec. 4, 1909, pp. 1-8 reports sale of “Mexican Scene”, with no further specifics.
		Among the Hills	No. 124

1910	Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago. January 4-January 30, 1910	A Mexican Kitchen	No. 106 in 1910 AIC Exhibition Catalogue (per Exhibition List
		A Morning in the Market	No. 107
		A Mexican Landscape	No. 108
		The Morning Chat	No. 109
		The Patio	No. 110 Same as No. 31 in Memorial Exhibition Catalogue?
	14th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Western Artists. February 8-February 27, 1910.	Autumn, French landscape	No. 50
		Mexican Scene	No. 51
	Exhibition in Los Angeles, California.	Summer in France	Per Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, California, “Art Notes”, 1910, August 28
	Exhibition of Paintings by William A. Harper, Art Institute of Chicago. July 26-August 28, 1910 (Memorial Exhibition).	Winter in France	No. 1
		In Mexico	No. 2
		A bridge in Mexico	No. 3
		Old houses, Montreuil, France	No. 4
		Mexican landscape	No. 5
		Outer ramparts, Montreuil, France	No. 6
		Half leafless and dry*	No. 7	Same as in Feb. 1907 exhibit?
		Tall pines	No. 8
		Group of nine landscape sketches.	No. 9
		Late afternoon	No. 10	Same as in Feb. 1909 exhibit?
		Group of nine sketches	No. 11
		Tree trunks	No. 12
		Rainy day I the town	No. 13
		Three Mexican women.*	No. 14	See, www.justanswer.com
		Autumn day in France	No. 15
		Pine trees and landscape	No. 16
		Group of four sketches	No. 17
		August in France	No. 18	Reproduced in the Chicago Record Herald, August 7, 1910. Same as in Feb. 1909 exhibit?
		Midday in August	No. 19	Reproduced in the Chicago Record Herald, August 7, 1910. Sold by Bonhams 2011 for $3,125, under the name “Late Summer Landscape” (from private collection in Illinois).
		Illinois landscape	No. 20
		Mexican village	No. 21
		The pepper tree	No. 22
		The market garden	No. 23
		The stream	No. 24
		The terrace	No. 15
		Wood interior	No. 26
		The moat	No. 27
		October in France	No. 28
		The fields	No. 29
		Hotel de France	No. 30	Same as in 1908 exhibit?
		The patio*	No. 31	Same as in January 1910 exhibit?
		Old houses and vines	No. 32
		The court	No. 33
		The stairway*	No. 34	Savannah College of Design collection? Is this the one that was lent from the Barnett Collection in 1940 for Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro?
		A quiet village	No. 35
		Study of trees	No. 36
		Landscape study	No. 37
		The field of gold	No. 38
		A morning chat	No. 39
		A group of trees	No. 40
		The ruin	No. 41
		Spreading trees	No. 42
		The stone house	No. 43
		Autumn sunshine	No. 44	Same as in Feb. 1908 exhibit?
		The riverbank	No. 45
		Autumn, France	No. 46	Same as in earlier 1910 exhibit?
		The valley in the hills, Mexico*	No. 47
		A Mexican hut	No. 48
		A street in Mexico	No. 49
		The cactus	No. 50
		Morning in the market	No. 51
		A Mexican kitchen	No. 52
		Forsaken house	No. 53
		Houses	No. 54
		The shaded walk	No. 55
		The village on the river	No. 56
		The hedge	No. 57
		The river and the willows	No. 58
		The bridge across the river	No. 59
		Cattle grazing	No. 60

Post-1910 Exhibitions

1922	Exhibit of Art Institute of Decatur, Illinois	Exhibited 35 paintings owned locally. Only title known: “Golden Autumn”.	Loaned by Mrs. Harry Haines (29), Mrs. Adolph Mueller (1 – “Golden Autumn”), Mrs. J.W. Osgood (1), Mrs. Eda Pegram (2), and Mrs. Charles Willis (1).
1927	Exhibition of the AIC and the Chicago Woman’s Club.	Exhibited 4 landscape paintings; titles unknown.	Loaned by Mr. Charles Burkholder, Mr. Walter J. Sherwood, Mrs. R.S. Brooke, and Mr. Max Keitz.
1940	Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro (1851-1940), assembled by the American Negro Exposition, July 4 – September 2 1940	Exhibited “Stairway” and ”Interior in a Mexican Courtyard”	Loaned by Mrs. Alfreda Duster from the Barnett collection. Is this the same as “The Stairway” in the Savannah College of Design collection?
1985	Tanner-Harper-Scott, A Mentor and his Influence, Evans-Tibbs Collection, January 18-March 30, 1985.	Exhibited “The Staircase”* (which appears to be the same as “The Stairway” in the Savannah College of Design collection).
1985 – 1988	Hidden Heritage, Afro-American Art. Travelling exhibition organized by the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, and the Art Museum Association of America.	Exhibited “Landscape with Poplars (Afternoon in Montigny)” from the Howard University Collection.
1992	Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, African American Artists, 1880 to 1987	Exhibited “Patio Scene” from the Evans-Tibbs Collection.	[San Antonio, Texas?]
1999 – 2001	Conserve a Legacy, American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Travelling exhibition organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.	Exhibited “Landscape” (or “Autumn in France”) from the Collection of Tuskegee University.
2016	DuSable Museum, Chicago, Masterworks Collection Series 1: Paintings.	Exhibited “Landscape – Provence, France”.

Other paintings referenced in publications, but not appearing
in exhibitions:

1901

Student Work – Oil from life.*

Photo of painting in Brush and Pencil, Vol.
7, No. 6 (Mar. 1901)

Normandy Pines*		Eagles Nest Art Colony Collection, Oregon, Illinois
In France	Listed in Catalogue of Paintings, Etchings, Engravings and Sculpture of the Union League Club of Chicago, compiled by L. M. McCauley, pgs. 14 and 49	Union League Club of Chicago,
Over the Hills (one of a group of landscape sketches)	Listed in Catalogue of Paintings, Etchings, Engravings and Sculpture of the Union League Club of Chicago, compiled by L. M. McCauley, pgs. 14 and 49	Union League Club of Chicago