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Lauren (Larry) Harper
American, (active 1916–2004)
LAUREN “LARRY” HARPER was a generous donor to the UNM College of Fine Arts. Born in Galveston, Texas, Harper’s family moved to Colorado Springs when he was 12. He attended the University of Denver for a while, then transferred to UNM and earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1949. He obtained a master of arts degree in education at UNM in 1952, then did post-graduate study at Stanford University and Columbia University. He taught art history at Idaho State University and the University of New Brunswick in Canada before returning to UNM to teach.
Harper retired in 1967, but remained an active artist—a painter in watercolors and oils, and a ceramicist. A former student of the influential painter Raymond Jonson, Harper made a gift to the Jonson Gallery in the summer of 2004 and one to the CFA in summer 2003. Recently, he established a charitable gift annuity for the college, which gave him fixed income payments until his death on Christmas Day, 2004, at which point the remainder benefited the college. He also established the Barbara Harper Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund in memory of his wife, who died in 1999, to benefit CFA students.
Source: UNM spring 2005 newsletter
American, (active 1916–2004)
LAUREN “LARRY” HARPER was a generous donor to the UNM College of Fine Arts. Born in Galveston, Texas, Harper’s family moved to Colorado Springs when he was 12. He attended the University of Denver for a while, then transferred to UNM and earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1949. He obtained a master of arts degree in education at UNM in 1952, then did post-graduate study at Stanford University and Columbia University. He taught art history at Idaho State University and the University of New Brunswick in Canada before returning to UNM to teach.
Harper retired in 1967, but remained an active artist—a painter in watercolors and oils, and a ceramicist. A former student of the influential painter Raymond Jonson, Harper made a gift to the Jonson Gallery in the summer of 2004 and one to the CFA in summer 2003. Recently, he established a charitable gift annuity for the college, which gave him fixed income payments until his death on Christmas Day, 2004, at which point the remainder benefited the college. He also established the Barbara Harper Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund in memory of his wife, who died in 1999, to benefit CFA students.
Source: UNM spring 2005 newsletter
Artist Objects
Vessel (six-sided) 1981.286