"The Divan" 1987 Original Acrylic & Enamel by Paul Harmon Nude Art Erotic

Description

A massive original oil with great detail and color. Painted in 1987, and sold by the Malton Gallery, after a one man exhibition. It has been in exhibitions in NYC, Paris and Nashville. Originally Purchased for $6200

Biography
Paul Harmon, for the past two decades, has divided his time between permanent studios in Paris, France and Brentwood, Tennessee. He maintained the Paris residence and studio for eleven years between 1985 and 1996.

Artwork by Harmon is in the collections of Tennessee State Museum, Tampa Museum of Art, the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Museum of Modern Art of Monaco, and the city of Caen, France. Harmon was chosen in 1981 to represent the U.S. in the Bienal de Arte, Medellin, Colombia, SA.

Harmon has been the recipient of awards including the Prix de la Ville de Monaco and the Prix de la Société E.J.A. at the XXIV Prix International D'Art Contemporain de Monte-Carlo. The Harmon painting Walking Man, from this exhibition/competition was chosen by Princess Caroline of Monaco for her private collection. In connection with the Prix de la Ville de Monaco, a canvas was commissioned by the Principality of Monaco for its permanent collection.

In 1994, Harmon had a major exhibition of his work at the invitation of Caen, France. Curated by Galerie Déprez-Bellorget of Paris, this one-man exhibition was the official art show of the D-Day 50th anniversary remembrances.

His work is featured in the Elmore Leonard Showtime movie Pronto, directed by Jim McBride, and starring Peter Falk, Glenne Headly, and James LeGros.

Paul Harmon lives and works in a 1793, National Register of Historic Places, farmhouse and studio in Brentwood, Tennessee.

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Synopsis

Born 1939. Studios in Brentwood, Tennessee, U.S.A. and Paris, France.

1964-Dedication of Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Center.
One-Man Show.

1977-Drawings published in The New Yorker.

1978-Limited edition etchings and etchings with aquatint. Atelier Philippe Lejeune, Burcy, France.
"Pink Lady, "Old Plate," "Cloud Lady," "Chaplin," "The Dream."

Drawings published in The New Yorker.

1979-Art Voices South. Cover and Interview. "Lady With Lace," oil on canvas. May/June.

Official Poster for International Art Exposition, New York: "Balthus In Brentwood," oil on canvas.

Painting chosen to represent "Century III" campaign, the 200th birthday of Nashville, Tennessee.

International Art Exposition, Washington, D.C.

1980-
Commissioned for commemorative poster: Roberto Duran/Sugar Ray Leonard Championship Fight. Published by Sound Seventy Productions. Distributed in U.S.A. and Panama.

International Art Exposition, New York.

Limited Edition Lithographs. Topaz Editions. GMB Publishing, Royal Oaks, Michigan. Two suites of six lithographs. Portfolio contained "A Time Before Now," "A Place Before Here."

Art Expo, West, Los Angeles.

Limited Edition Lithographs. Topaz Editions. "Festival In Another Town," "Village Mirage," "Le Concorde."

1981-
Bienal De Arte, Medellin. IV Medellin Internationale Biennial. Medellin, Colombia, South America. One of seven painters chosen to represent the United States.

International Art Exposition, New York.

Art '81, Washington, D.C.

1982-
International Art Exposition, New York.

Basel International Art
Exposition, Basel.

1983-
International Art Exposition, New York.

Basel International Art
Exposition, Basel

Cheekwood Fine Arts Center. One-Man Show. First major exhibition of work using stencils.

Art 7, Washington, D.C.

International Art Exposition, Dallas.

1984-
Work published by the Cooper Hewitt Museum, The Smithsonian Institution's National
Museum of Design, "Variations on a Theme: Embellished Elevations of the Carnegie Mansion."

International Art Exposition, New York.

Tennessee State Museum. Retrospective Exhibition spanning 25 years of work.

1985-
Work included in the American Embassy Collection in Paris, France.

International Art Exposition, New York.

The Tennessee State Museum acquired for its permanent collection: "Cycle I," "Cycle II," "Cycle III", "Cycle IV," oils on canvas, 6' x 6' each. Basel International Art Exposition, Basel.

Vanderbilt Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital commissioned for its permanent collection: "The Passage," a 48" x 72" oil on canvas and twelve stencil monotypes.

1986-
International Art Exposition, New York

First studio established in Paris, France at 33 Rue Mazerine in the 6th Arr. There for three months.

1987-
Biological Therapy Institute commissioned for its permanent collection: "Ancestors and Children," a 10' x 6' oil on canvas; twelve stencil monotypes, designs etched into six black granite panels and two sheet glass panels; "Strength and Serenity," a 48" x 72" oil on canvas and six acrylic on paper collages.

Catalog published by the Biological Therapy Institute entitled: Ancestors And Children.

Chicago Northwest Community Hospital commissioned for its permanent collection twenty-two works on paper for its cardiac care unit.

Knoxville Arts Council. One-Man exhibition to commemorate the reopening of the World's Fair Sun Sphere.

1988-
Drawings published in The New Yorker.

Studio and residence established in Paris at 1 Boulevard Saint Michel in the 5th Arr.

Limited Edition Lithographs. Topaz Editions, published by The Biological Therapy Institute. "Mankind." Suite of four lithographs, portfolio contained.

Vanderbilt University Hospital/Henry-Joyce Cancer Center commissioned for its permanent collection: "Promenade, I," "Promenade, II," "Promenade, III," oils on canvas, 60"x 48" each, and twelve stencil monotypes.

Commissioned by Philip Morris U.S.A.: "An American Mosaic," a 6' x 12' oil on canvas.

Limited Edition Serigraph. Petro III Graphics. "The Boy."

Recording Artist, Mickey Newbury's "In A New Age" album. Harmon painting from the "Prehistoric Landscape" series used as album, cassette, and compact disc cover.

Bridgestone U.S.A., Inc., commissioned for its permanent collection, sixteen etched glass panels. Also selected for the executive offices and conference rooms, a variety of canvases and stencil monotypes.

1989-
Limited Edition Serigraph. Petro III Graphics. "The Philosopher's Pupil."
Harmon work included in The New York Art Review. Third Edition.

Coping, winter issue. Featured the Harmon work in series of articles discussing "The Art of Healing." A detail of a lithograph from the "Mankind" suite was used on the front cover.

Penthouse, July issue. Featured a nine-page "Art Portfolio" of erotic works on paper.

First One-Man exhibition in Paris, Galerie Art Public.

Drawing published in The New Yorker.

1990-
Recipient of two major awards at the XXIV Prix international d'art contemporain de Monte-Carlo, 1990: Prix de la ville de Monaco; Prix de la société E.J.A. The Harmon painting, "Walking Man," from this exhibition/competition was chosen by Her Serene Highness, Princess Caroline of Monaco for her private collection. In connection with the Prix de la ville de Monaco, a canvas was commissioned by the Principality of Monaco for its permanent collection. Limited Edition Lithographs. Published by Art Multi, Paris."L'amante de Baudelaire (Jeanne Duval)," "Le voyage," and "La villa."

FIAC, Paris

Theatre sets commissioned by The Hampshire Women's Theatre Collective for three plays. "Female Parts," "Shadow Of A Man," and "Agnes De Castro."

Art Contemporain. Saint Martin du Tertre, Val d'Oise, France. Recipient of commemorative medal from the city of Saint Martin du Tertre.

1991-
FIAC, Paris

1992-
Limited Edition Lithographs, published by Art Multi, Paris: A suite of four, "Invités imaginaires."

Limited Edition Lithographs, published by International Fine Art Publishers, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: "Sacred Planet," "The Kiss," "Sailing to "Byzantium," "Music and the Medicis."

Europ'Art, Geneva.
Harmon painting "Wisdom & Madness II" from the private collection of Randy Goodrum, used as album cover for his new album titled, "An Exhibition."

1993-
Commissioned by The
Nashville Zoo to develop a community program with young art students to design and paint new zoo van.

Exhibition catalog produced by Galerie Art-Expo, Paris and Galerie J.P.F., Montpellier.

Essay titled: Paul Harmon: Line and Light written by Solange Yves de la Vigne-Bernard, Paris.

Club culturel Franco-American Paris studio visit and lecture.

Two-Person Exhibition for the benefit of the Williamson County Arts Commission titled: Paul Harmon and John Guider: A Painter and A Photographer Look at Williamson County.

Nashville International Airport, one-man exhibition titled: Paul Harmon: The French Connection. Sponsored by the Nashville/Caen, Sister City Program for cultural exchange between Nashville and Caen, France.

Commissioned by the Nashville Arts Foundation for its permanent collection: "Inventory of the Poet (for Mayakovsky)," "Life on Earth," "Nostalgia," oils on wood, 8' x 4' each.

First sculpture exhibition. Galerie Art Public, Paris.

The Nashville Arts Gallery group exhibition titled: Collectors Select The Best of Nashville Working Artists.

67e salon de la Société des Artistes Bas-Normands, Hotel de Ville, Caen, France. Harmon was a "Invité d'honneur" (honored guest) artist of this major group exhibition.

1994-
Commissioned by the Tennessee State Museum for its Tennessee Twelve: Contemporary Painting Today exhibition and permanent collection, acrylic on canvas, 60" x 48."

Ville de Caen, France. Eglise du St. Sepulcre. This major Harmon exhibition, sponsored by the city of Caen, coincides with the city's remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the Allied troop invasion of Normandy.

1995-
South Georgia Medical Center/Pearlman Comprehensive Cancer Center, commissioned for its permanent collection: "A Place Called Childhood I," "A Place Called Childhood II," oils on canvas, 60" x 48" each.

Commissioned to create artwork for commemorative champagne bottle in celebration of the "50th Wedding Anniversary" of President and Mrs. George Bush. The original paintings are part of the permanent collection of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

Commissioned to create artwork for the official 1995 Italian Street Fair poster celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Nashville Symphony.

1996-
Michael Zibart, publisher of BookPage, launched the cyberpublication of Le Voyage, an "electronic, coffee table art book," on the Internet. The "book" contains over 400 Harmon works. The first electronic art book of its kind, Le Voyage is impressive in size, containing four times as many images as the web site of the Musée du Louvre. The paintings date from 1961 to the present. Also included are notable critiques and a comprehensive biography of the artist.

1997-
The painting Vulnerability is featured prominently in the nationally released Showtime film, Pronto. Based on the Elmore Leonard novel, the film stars Peter Falk, James LeGros, and Glenne Headly and was directed by Jim McBride (The Big Easy).

Work featured in an exhibition connected with the Southern Stage Production at the Belcourt Theatre of Love Letters, with Jennifer O'Neil and Alex Harvey.

Designed original images for Film Flam XIX mailings and auction to benefit Sinking Creek Film Celebration, Inc.

Created the original oil painting Brentwood for permanent display in the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce. The painting represents memories of horseback riding through the farms and woods of the area surrounding the artist's studio.

Original art Partners is featured on the cover of The Center Window, published by the South Georgia Medical Center.

Closed the Paris, France residence and studio after eleven productive years there.

1998-
As an homage to the city of Paris, the publication of a small book, Dante's Stones, written by Paul Harmon, photographs by Jean-Louis Bloch-Lainé, design by Lynette Sesler.

The painting Forever Kiss is chosen to promote the "totally ArtCentric" tenth annual art benefit show for the Bethlehem Centers of Nashville.

Designed two original art pieces for Prevent Blindness Tennessee, Downhome Derby Party.

1999-
Dante's Stones received an ADDY Award as well as Print magazine's Regional Design Annual Citation of Excellence. The work was pictured in the magazine.

"Sacred Planet" was commissioned as a part of the Tennessean's millennium collection. The collection toured area art galleries, schools, libraries, and museums throughout the year.

Original work featured in the promotional literature for the Williamson County Arts Council "ArtStravaganza" benefit.

2000-
One-man exhibit, "An Intimate Journey" of seven oil paintings and 353 watercolors at Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville.

2001-
Russka, a limited edition print of St. Basil's Cathedral, was created for the Nashville Ballet's annual fundraising ball. Created additional works for use on promotional material and for sale to benefit the ballet company.

Featured in the Tennessee State Museum's "Best of Tennessee" exhibition were three Harmon ceramics and an oil painting. The canvas, Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen, France (on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of D-Day) is also in the permanent collection of the museum.

Inclusion in the International Web Art Exhibition, "Il Condominio." Hicetnunc Rassegna di Arte Contemporanea. Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Conume di San Vito al Tagliamento.

Commissioned by The Sunset Grill and Zeitgeist Gallery: The Artist's Table Suite I. Seven suites of six original works on paper in homage to Dali, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Rousseau, and Van Gogh.

Included in Georgetown University Library's permanent collection of American Fine Prints: The Philosopher's Pupil (1989), The Music and the Medicis (1992), and Sailing to Byzantium (1992).

Created a painting, The Magic of Music, commemorating the opening of the Vanderbilt Blair School of Music's Ingram Center for the Performing Arts used for posters, print ads, and t-shirts.

2002-
For the Sunset Grill, designed charger plates using a painting on the front, Barcelona Nights, and a quote from Van Gogh on the back: "Un jour ou un autre je crois que je trouverai moyen de faire une exposition � moi dans un café— Vincent." (One day or another I believe I will find a way to have an exhibition of mine in a café.)

Included in the continuing exhibitions of the new West Tennessee Regional Art Center, Humboldt.

Commissioned by The Sunset Grill and Zeitgeist Gallery: The Artist's Table Suite II. Seven suites of six original works on paper in homage to Cezanne, Chagall, Degas, Gauguin, Giacometti, and Magritte.

Acknowledged in a special personal presentation by the President of the University of Tennessee for "important international career accomplishments and contributions in the field of fine arts."

2003 -
Featured in "The Art of a Lifetime," by Alan Bostick, published in The Tennessean. Article focuses on a lifetime's worth of prolific creation.

Commissioned for the design and art of the "Seven Muses of Music" etched into granite panels on the great Bell Tower (the "96th Bell") above Tennessee's Bicentennial Mall, State Capitol Hill.

The painting "Lady of Shalott" featured for the 15th Annual Southern Festival of Books (poster, brochure, mailings, totebags, mugs, etc.)

Commissioned by Vanderbilt University for design and stencil cut drawing of William Shakespeare used for bookplates of Ann Jennalie Cook Library Acquisition Fund for Shakespeare Studies.

Original art featured on promotional material and as the cover of Jan Pulsford's music CD Solace. Also used as a website graphic.

2004 -
Two posters published, one reproducing a series of 24 oil paintings wine bottles, one a series of 33 oil paintings on boxes.

Four installation paintings "Cameo I & II" and "Night Hawk I & II" commissioned by Sunset Grille, Nashville.

Painted a plaster cast of a celebrity torso for Keep-A-Breast Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona. Featured on the national organization's website.

Original painting on paper "American Eagle" signed by the astronauts of the ill-fated NASA flight Columbia. Limited edition suite of prints made for the families of the crew.

2005 -
Designed the 2005 poster for the Brentwood Garden Tour, featuring the oil on canvas painting, "Colette."

Original painting on paper 36x48" "The Brentwood Farm" purchased for the Brentwood Library. The limited edition lithograph "The Sacred Planet" donated to the library by the artist.

NON-GALLERY EXHIBITIONS

Smithsonian Institution, National Collection of Fine Arts
Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville.
Belmont College
Fisk University, Carl Van Vechten Gallery,
Nashville Symphony
IV Bienal De Arte, Medellin, Colombia.
The Studio/L'Atelier, Nashville.
Tennessee State Museum, Retrospective
Belmont College, Nashville
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Center
Art-Expo, Paris
XXIV Prix international d'art contemporain de Monte-Carlo.
Art Contemporain, Saint Martin du Tertre, Val d'Oise, France.
Musee de Lons-le-Saunier, Lons-le-Saunier, France.
Nashville International Airport
Art Public, Paris.
67e salon de la Société des Artistes Bas- Normands. Caen, France.
Eglise du St. Sepulcre, Caen, France
Lowndes Valdosta Art Center
Parthenon, East Gallery, Nashville
Mas Peuch Long Exhibition Space, Calvisson, France.

MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

ASCAP
Athens Paper Company
Baker Donelson
Biological Therapy Institute
Bass Berry & Sims Bridgestone/Firestone U.S.A.
Capital Cultural Center, Tallahassee
Carl Van Vechten Gallery, Fisk University
Cheekwood Fine Arts Center Chicago Northwest Community Hospital
City of Caen, France
Cracker Barrel
Dominion Bank
Eckenfelder, Inc.
Fred S. James & Co.
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
Georgetown University Library Greater Nashville Arts Foundation
H.C. Spinks Clay Company, Inc. Health America Corporation Healthstream
Heritage National Bank
Hospital Corporation of America
The Ingram Group
Jacksonville Art Museum
Juris, Inc.
Kinnard & Smith
Magnatone Records
Montgomery Bell Academy
Museum of Modern Art of Monaco
Nagdeman & Company, Inc. Nissan, U.S.A.
Northern Telecom, Inc.
Pearlman Cancer Center
Philip Morris U.S.A.
Philip Morris "Altria" Collection
Private Business, Inc.
Renaissance Hotels and Resorts Security State Bank
SonyTree
Southern Bell
Stouffer Hotels
Sunset Grill
Tampa Museum of Art
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Tennessee State Museum
3M Corporation
United Cities Gas Company, Inc.
University of South Florida
Vanderbilt Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital
Vanderbilt Henry-Joyce Cancer Center
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Center
West Tennessee Regional Art Center, Humbolt
Xebec Management

Condition

Very good, light wear to frame

Dimensions

Art
48" x 60"
Frame
51 1/2" x 64"
(L x W)