Raymer Society Consignment Art Auction
Lot 25:
Description
Hamil, James R (1937-2022), 1982 watercolor, Kansas grain elevator, signed J.R. Hamil in lower left, good condition, not examined out of frame, image size: 11.75 x 7.75 inches. Hamil was born in Hastings, Nebraska. His father was a journalist, and the family moved to New York City and later to Lincoln, Nebraska and then St. Louis, Missouri, before settling in the Kansas City area in the early 1950s.He graduated from Shawnee Mission (now North) High School in 1954 and studied art at the University of Kansas. To help support himself, he sold pen and ink drawings of campus buildings, as well as pastel portraits, to other students.In 1958, Hamil embarked on a 15-year career at Hallmark Cards, Inc., designing books, calendars, greeting cards and wrapping paper. His stint at Hallmark included a watercolor lesson for President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the mid-1960s.Hamil opened his own studio in 1972 to focus on painting full-time for galleries, such as American Legacy Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri, and Colony Bistro in Overland Park, Kansas, and commissions.Over the decades, Hamil collaborated on several books with his father, Harold Hamil, contributing artwork to “Farmland, U.S.A.” and to his father’s two memoirs. He also created watercolors for two books written with his late wife, Sharon Hamil, “Return to Kansas” and “Colorado Treasures.”
Condition: good condition, not examined out of frame
Dimensions: 17.5 x 13.25 x 0.75 in
Weight: 2.75 lb
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