G. Harvey, “Punta Alta”

G. Harvey, “Punta Alta”:

G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones, Texas, 1933-2017), “Punta Alta”, oil on canvas

sight: 36 x 30 in., frame: 45 x 39 in.

Provenance: Purchased from the J. R. Mooney Gallery in 2017; thence in a San Antonio, Texas home

Gerald Harvey Jones, “G. Harvey”, was a celebrated artist and lifelong Texan whose youth spent in the Texas Hill Country helped inform his nostalgic and evocative imagery of Western scenes and scenes of Americana. Harvey was a prolific artist and often compared to Impressionist masters such as Edouard Cortes. His paintings have appeared in prestigious sites, including the White House, the National Archives, the Treasury Building, and the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History.