Sculptor Paul Harris (1925-2018) was a visual artist who also published a collection of short stories. Harris graduated from Orlando High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy, seeing action aboard the destroyer, USS Ault during WWII. During calm moments Harris made numerous drawings of his fellow sailors that were published in a book in 2017 by Wrongtree Press. On September 2, 1945, the Ault was tied up next to the USS Missouri where the Japanese surrender took place, and Paul made a drawing of the surrender ceremony. After the war, Paul earned his B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of New Mexico and his doctorate from Columbia University. He had a lengthy career as an art and design professor at many institutions, including Stanford, the University of California at Berkeley, the San Francisco Art Institute, SUNY New Paltz, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Universidad Catolica in Santiago, Chile, where he was Artist in Residence and a Fulbright Scholar, as well as many other institutions. He used a variety of media for his sculptures, some of which were shown at the New York World’s Fair in 1965. Paul’s wide-ranging artistic creativity was recognized by several awards and grants. He was a Guggenheim Fellow, received the Neallie Sullivan award from the San Francisco Art Institute, the Lebovitz Foundation grant as well as other awards. His works are found in numerous collections around the world including the Yale University Art Gallery, the Hungarian National Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Harry N. Abrams Art Collection, and others.
Paul Harris
Studios
Alexander
Paul Harris worked in the Alexander studio.
Originally designed to be a visual art gallery, this facility was built in memory of the late John White Alexander (1856-1915) and funded by Elizabeth Alexander and their son James. John White Alexander was highly regarded as a portrait painter and, in the early part of the 20th century, served…