Harry Anthony DeYoung (1893-1956), "Autumn at Boerne, Texas", 1930, oil on canvas, 40 x 48", frame: 44 x 52"

Provenance: The Estate of Lance Forbes, Houston, Texas

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Harry Anthony DeYoung (1893-1956) became a noted impressionist landscape painter of Illinois and Texas. After WWI he also painted coastal scenes and a mural for the Witte Museum in San Antonio depicting West Texas Native Americans. DeYoung studied art at the University of Illinois under Edward Lake and Fabiens Kelly and at the Art Institute of Chicago under F. De Forrest Schook, John W. Norton and others and was an honor student while at the Art Institute. During his Chicago years of the teens and 1920s, DeYoung painted, taught & exhibited his works, winning prizes in 1917 and 1925. DeYoung moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1928, where he continued painting in the impressionist style, mostly painting landscapes and coastal scenes. He additionally taught art establishing the DeYoung Art School in San Antonio and taught summer classes in Brownsville, TX & Alpine, TX. He continued to be an active exhibitor winning honorable mention in 1927 at the prestigious Edgar B. Davis national competition at the Witte Museum.