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Bernard Harmon 1935-1989 School Boy Oil on board 1968 Signed and dated. Harmon was born in Philadelphia, and although little is known about his early years, we know he was an aspiring artist as a teenager (remarks from his sister, Virginia, included in his obituary) and he studied at the Philadelphia Museum School (BFA) and the Tyler School of Art, Temple University (MFA). He was a gifted portrait painter, and taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 years. He exhibited locally, and helped organize an exhibit at the Philadelphia Civic Center - Afro American Artists, 1800-1969 , an historically significant show for black artists in the 1960s. Harmon exhibited three paintings there. Harmon also taught prepatory classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and a summer program at Drexel University. He was dedicated to teaching children how to enrich their lives with art, and was instrumental in developing numerous programs all over the city toward that cause. His loose, expressionist style relates to the work of Alice Neel, who began her career in Philadelphia. 40 x 34.25