Harold Haydon

American, 1909 - 1994


Harold Emerson Haydon was born in 1909 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1941. Haydon attended the University of Chicago Lab School and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Philosophy. He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1930s. Haydon became a Professor of Art at the University of Chicago from 1944-1975 and later taught as an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975-1981. From 1975-1982, Haydon also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University. He is recognized for his vibrant, painterly landscapes of New England and Canada, as well as his dynamic city views of Chicago and its lakefront.

Harold Haydon served as the longtime art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper from 1963-1985. He died in Chicago in 1994.

  • Untitled (Seated Man in Studio), 1933
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 30 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse

    #8793
  • Untitled (City Street), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    18 x 28 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 25-VIII-52 lower left

    #6181
  • Untitled (Rooftop), 1931
    Oil on canvas
    17 x 21 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower right.

    #8746
  • Untitled (Rock and Lake Shore), ca. 1930
    Oil on canvas
    30 x 36 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse

    #9131
  • Hillside in Vermont, 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Signed Harold Haydon, lower left; dated and inscribed #3 PC VT 1940 on reverse.

    #8842
  • Untitled (Summer Landscape, By the Sea), 1927
    Oil on paper
    8 x 7 1/2 inches

    Signed with initials and dated H.H. 27, lower right

    #12415
  • Untitled (Autumn Landscape, Vermont), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #9522
  • Untitled (Lake and Inlet), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 25 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8778
  • Untitled (Autumn Landscape, Island and Lake), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    24 x 27 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8785
  • Untitled (Vermont Landscape with Burning Bush), ca. 1940
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #9057
  • Untitled (Still Life), 1931
    Oil on canvas
    17 x 21 inches

    Signed Haydon and inscribed Poole on reverse

    #8765
  • Untitled (Still Life with Pitcher and Squash), ca. 1931
    Oil on canvas board
    15 x 18 inches

    Signed Haydon and inscribed Poole on reverse

    #9083
  • Untitled (Broken Flower Pot), 1931
    Oil on canvas, in hand-painted period frame
    17 x 21 inches

    Signed Haydon and inscribed Poole, on reverse

    #8776
  • Untitled (Still Life with Bottle), 1931
    Oil on canvas, in House of Heydenryk Frame
    20 x 16 inches

    Signed Haydon and inscribed Poole, on reverse

    #8784
  • Untitled (Two Hills), 1933
    Oil on board
    10 x 13 3/4 inches

    Signed with initials and dated H.H. 1933, lower left.

    #6200
  • Untitled (Vermont Landscape), ca. 1940
    Oil on panel
    9 x 12 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #9076
  • Stormy Weather, Island lake, 1931
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #6186
  • Untitled (Lake & Autumn Hills), 1931
    Oil on paper
    9 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower right.

    #6226
  • Untitled (Lake & Two Hills), 1931
    Oil on paper
    9 1/4 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower right.

    #6225
  • Untitled (Two Hills, Blue Sky), 1931
    Oil on paper
    9 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower left.

    #6224
  • Burnt Island, Island Lake, 1931
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower and upper left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #6187
  • Untitled (Lake & Small Islands), 1931
    Oil on paper
    9 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower right.

    #6228
  • Burnt Hillside, 1931
    Oil on board
    6 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, upper right;
    Signed, dated and titled on reverse

    #8930
  • Untitled (Northern Lake- Shoreline), 1931
    Oil on board
    8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower right; signed, dated and titled on reverse.

    #8931
  • Untitled (Silhouette of Tree), 1930
    Oil on board
    10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1930, lower left.

    #6189
  • Moss Covered Log, 1930
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1930, lower right.

    #6193
  • Island Lake, 1930
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1930, lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #6176
  • Untitled (Landscape- Rock & Lake Shore), 1931
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

    Signed H.E. Haydon, on reverse.

    #8928
  • Untitled (Shoreline Landscape), 1931
    Oil on board
    6 1/2 x 10 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1931, lower left.

    #8927
  • Untitled (Trees and Lake), ca. 1940
    Oil on board
    8 3/4 x 12 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse

    #9065
  • Canoe Lake, 1931
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon 1931 (twice), lower right;
    Signed, dated, titled on reverse

    #9062
  • View from Ahmek Tower, 1930
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon 1930, lower left;
    Signed, titled and dated on reverse

    #6177
  • Sea of Mist, Vermont, 1948
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 25 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 14-VIII-48, lower left; titled on reverse.

    #8758
  • Untitled (Vermont, September 24, Blue Sky), 1947
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Dated 24-IX-47, upper right.

    #6202
  • Untitled (Tree), 1950
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1-VII-50, lower right.

    #9111
  • Untitled (Reflection), 1943
    Oil on canvas
    15 x 20 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon Aug. 1943, lower right.

    #9518
  • Untitled (Vermont Landscape), 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 16 inches

    Inscribed and dated #25 PC VT 1940, on reverse.

    #9519
  • Birch Grove, ca. 1947
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Signed Harold Haydon and titled on reverse.

    #8772
  • Untitled (Waterway), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #9523
  • Untitled (Mountain Hillside), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    20 x 25 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #9116
  • Untitled (Flowing Water), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #9524
  • Untitled (Mountain Hillside, Vermont), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #9525
  • Untitled (Landscape, Mountain Path), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8775
  • Untitled (Landscape- Foot Hills), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8768
  • Untitled (Rock Path), ca. 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8764
  • Untitled (View of Paris), ca. 1938
    Oil on canvas
    15 x 18 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #6204
  • Untitled (The Red Robe), 1952
    Oil on Masonite, in original frame
    13 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 11-VIII-52 upper left.

    #9074
  • Untitled (Woman and Chair), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    20 x 16 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 27-VII-52, upper right.

    #9498
  • Untitled (Nudes with Red Blanket), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    20 x 16 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 27-VII-52, lower right.

    #9104
  • Untitled (Three Nudes), 1949
    Oil on canvas
    30 x 24 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 3-IV-49, upper left.

    #9172
  • Untitled (Nude in an Interior), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    10 1/4 x 9 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 8-VII-52, upper right.

    #8829
  • Untitled (Drinks Basket, Afternoon Cocktails), 1950
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated H. Haydon 9-IX-50, lower center.

    #9031
  • Untitled (Man Sketching at Campsite), 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Inscribed and dated PC VT #19 1940, on reverse.

    #9529
  • Untitled (Seated Man Overlooking Hills), 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Inscribed and dated #24 PC VT 1940, on reverse.

    #9530
  • Mural Studies (Four Panels) Study for Pickering College Mural, Newmarket, Ontario, ca. 1934
    Oil on canvas
    53 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches
    #9638
  • Window, 1982
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 1-VIII-82, lower right; signed and titled on reverse.

    #8840
  • Untitled (Mother and Child), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    12 x 11 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 12-VII-52, upper right.

    #8833
  • Strawberry, 1947
    Oil on board
    11 x 9 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 24-VII-47 lower left; signed and titled on reverse.

    #8740
  • Tiger Lily, 1947
    Oil on board
    10 x 8 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 2-III-47 lower left; signed and titled on reverse.

    #8739
  • Untitled (Still Life with Lemons and Book), 1956
    Oil and graphite on canvas
    16 x 20 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 10-VI-56 lower right

    #9517
  • Untitled (Abstraction), 1950
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 9-IX-50 lower left.

    #9038
  • Untitled (Landscape), 1950
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 9-IX-50 lower right.

    #9039
  • Untitled (Blue Abstraction), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    6 x 5 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 6-VII-1952, at corners.

    #8566
  • Untitled (Abstraction), 1940
    Oil on canvas
    16 x 16 inches

    Dated March 2, 1940 on reverse

    #9527
  • Untitled (Fire), 1951
    Oil on board
    14 x 10 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 10-VIII-51 lower right.

    #8832
  • Untitled (Abstraction), 1957
    Oil on canvas board
    16 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 15-III-57 lower right; titled on reverse.

    #9071
  • Sick Moon, 1950
    Oil on board
    8 x 10 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 30-VII-50, lower right; titled on reverse.

    #8945
  • Jet Sky Patterns, Calais, VT, 1956
    Oil on board
    8 x 10 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 2-V-56 lower center; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #8962
  • Signed with initials and dated EDK ‘30 lower right, 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    18 x 28 inches

    Signed Harold Haydon and dated, lower right.

    #6184
  • City Canyon, Spring, 1953
    Oil on Masonite
    20 x 16 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, 16-I-53, upper right; titled on reverse.

    #8744
  • The Road to Tinley Park, Abstracted, 1953
    Oil on canvas board
    20 x 16 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 4-XX-53, lower right; titled on reverse.

    #8742
  • Chicago (Lake Front Picnic), 1941
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches
    #9000
    SOLD
  • Taxco, Evening, 1939
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches

    Signed, titled & dated H. Haydon Aug. 1939, on reverse

    #8570
  • College Camp (Path Along the Lake), 1943
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated H. Haydon, Sept. 1943; Titled on reverse

    #9008
  • Standing Bather, ca. 1945
    Oil on paper
    6 x 4 1/2 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse

    #9019
  • Untitled (Reclining Nude), 1950
    Oil on paper
    6 x 4 1/2 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon 31-VII-50, upper left

    #9036
  • Gospel Hall, Calais, VT, 1940
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated H. Haydon 1940 and titled on reverse

    #8997
  • Vineyard Haven, 1948
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, 19-VIII-48 lower left

    #9025
  • Thetford, VT (River Scene), ca. 1945
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Titled on reverse

    #9018
  • Untitled (Woman Gardening), 1951
    Oil on paper
    6 x 4 1/2 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, X-VIII-51 upper right

    #9045
  • Vineyard Haven, 1948
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, 19-VIII-48 lower left; Titled on reverse

    #9025
  • Untitled (Street Scene, Chicago), ca. 1939
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse

    #8983
  • Untitled (Children Playing), 1951
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated H. Haydon 6-VIII-51, upper right

    #9042
  • Delavan, WI (Sketch Class), 1942
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated H. Haydon, Sept. 1942; Titled on reverse

    #9003
  • Portrait of Hedley Dimock, 1940
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated, titled on reverse, H. Haydon, June 1940

    #9149
  • Ile de France (Man with Beret), 1937
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated H. Haydon, Aug. 1937; titled on reverse

    #8987
  • Untitled (Beach House Laundry), 1947
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, 27-VII-47 lower right

    #9024
  • Untitled (Street Scene), 1952
    Oil on canvas board
    16 x 20 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 3-III-52, lower right.

    #8743
  • Untitled (City Street), ca. 1956
    Oil on Masonite
    6 x 8 inches
    #8585
  • Thetford, Vermont, 1947
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Estate stamped; titled and dated on reverse

    #9021
  • Wiilliams Bay (Autumn Landscape, Lake Geneva), 1943
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated H. Haydon Sept. 1943; titled on reverse

    #9006
  • Untitled (Gathering), 1940
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated H. Haydon, June 1940 on reverse

    #8995
    SOLD
  • Hanover, NH (Sailors by a Storefront), 1945
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated H. Haydon 10-VIII-45, lower left; Titled on reverse

    #9013
  • Untitled (Landscape), 1950
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, 15-VII-50

    #9034
  • Lake Patzcuaro, 1939
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches

    Signed, titled and dated on reverse

    #8573
  • Calais, Vermont (Summer Landscape), 1940
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, Aug. 1940 lower left; Signed, titled and dated on reverse

    #9052
  • Burke Mt. Vermont, 1941
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated, titled on reverse, H. Haydon, Aug 1941

    #9150
  • View NW from Sun Deck, Aspen, Colo, Ajax Mt., 1955
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Titled and dated 8-VIII-55 on reverse

    #9048
  • Western View from Sun Deck on Ajax Mt, Aspen, Colo., 1955
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Titled and dated Harold Haydon, 8-VIII-55

    #9049
  • Fuzzy Neon, 1950
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 2-VIII-50 lower center; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #8737
  • Doorways & Windows, 1951
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 9-VIII-51 upper left; titled on reverse.

    #9041
  • Moon Through Window, 1950
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 23-VII-50 lower center; titled on reverse.

    #9154
  • New England Village, 1950
    Oil on Masonite
    16 x 19 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 27-VIII-50 upper left.

    #6182
  • Untitled (Still Life 2), 1961
    Oil on board
    12 x 9 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 30-VIII-61 upper right.

    #8753
  • Cat on a Rag Rug, 1950
    Oil on board
    8 x 10 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 10-VIII-50 upper right; titled on reverse.

    #8751
  • Catnap on the Serape, 1960
    Oil on canvas board, in original frame
    9 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 21-VIII-60 upper right; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #8752
  • Gold Fish and Water Lilies, 1950
    Oil on board
    14 x 14 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 10-VIII-50 upper right; titled on reverse.

    #8852
  • Ile de France (Shark), 1937
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated H. Haydon, Aug. 1937; titled on reverse.

    #8986
  • Untitled (Swimmer), 1961
    Oil on canvas board
    8 x 10 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 9-VIII-61 lower left.

    #9512
  • The Roller Coaster, 1956
    Oil on Masonite
    8 x 10 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 14-V-56 lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #8826
  • In Between, 1950
    Oil on board
    8 x 10 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 25-VII-50 lower right; titled lower right and on reverse.

    #8592
  • Ile de France (Deckside, Mother and Child), 1937
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed, dated H. Haydon Aug. 1937; titled on reverse

    #8984
  • Untitled (Male Bathers at the Beach), 1961
    Oil on Masonite
    24 x 30 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 1-IX-61 lower left.

    #9494
  • Untitled (Beach Scene), ca. 1940s
    Oil on board
    6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
    #8822
  • Untitled (Beach Scene), ca. 1940s
    Oil on board
    7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches
    #8823
  • Untitled (Beach Scene), ca. 1940s
    Oil on board
    7 3/4 x 10 inches
    #8824
  • Untitled (Beach Scene), ca. 1940s
    Oil on board
    6 1/2 x 9 inches
    #8933
  • Summertime, Vermont, 1950
    Oil on Masonite
    5 x 7 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 14-XIII-50 lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #8593
  • Street Traffic, 1990
    Oil on canvas board
    8 x 10 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon 19-8-90, lower right;
    Signed, titled and dated on reverse

    #8969
  • Untitled (Street Scene) , 1990
    Oil on canvas board, in original frame
    10 x 8 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 18-VII-90 lower right.

    #8577
  • Untitled (City Street with Figures), 1968
    Oil on Masonite, in original frame
    8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 27-XI-68 lower right.

    #8578
  • Untitled (Figure), 1975
    Oil on board
    8 3/4 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 9-XI-75 lower right.

    #8591
  • Untitled (Figures in a City Street), 1968
    Oil on Masonite, in original frame
    8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 24-XI-68 lower right.

    #8814
  • Untitled (Figures in a City Street), 1968
    Oil on Masonite, in original frame
    8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 27-XI-68 lower center.

    #8815
  • Children Playing on the Beach, 1954
    Oil on Masonite, in original frame
    10 x 8 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 26-VII-54 lower center; signed and titled on reverse.

    #8831
  • Boy on the Beach, 1954
    Oil on Masonite, in original frame
    8 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 26-VII-54 lower center; signed and titled on reverse.

    #8819
  • Horse on the Shore, 1952
    Oil on Masonite, in original frame
    16 x 20 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 10-VIII-52 lower right; signed and titled on reverse.

    #9107
  • En Route to VT, Hotel Room, 1945
    Oil on paper
    6 x 4 1/2 inches

    Signed, dated H. Haydon II-VIII-45, upper left; titled on reverse.

    #9012
  • Odysseus Ashore, 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    10 x 7 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, 3-VII-52 lower left; signed and titled on reverse.

    #8828
  • The Lifeguard, 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    9 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 2-VII-52 lower left; titled on reverse.

    #8817
  • Untitled (Bathers), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    9 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 9-VII-52 lower left.

    #8818
  • The Phaeacian Beach, 1952
    Oil on Masonite, in original frame
    10 x 8 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 28-VII-52 lower center; signed and titled on reverse.

    #8830
  • Untitled (Couple Seated at a Table), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    8 x 10 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon 19-VIII-52, upper right.

    #8813
  • Two Reclining Nudes (Sketch for Bathers), 1950
    Oil on board
    6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 4-VII-50 lower right.

    #8940
  • The Comb, 1953
    Oil on Masonite
    10 x 8 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 12-VI-53 lower left; titled on reverse.

    #8956
  • Untitled (Two Bathers), ca. 1950s
    Oil on canvas board
    10 x 8 inches
    #8968
  • The Models, 1956
    Oil on Masonite
    9 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 16-V-56 lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse.

    #8821
  • Untitled (Beach Scene), 1954
    Oil on canvas board, in original frame
    8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 29-VIII-54 lower center.

    #8816
  • Antique Muse, 1953
    Oil on Masonite
    20 x 16 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 6-VIII-53 upper right; signed and titled on reverse.

    #9105
  • Untitled (Two Nudes), 1952
    Oil on Masonite
    12 x 9 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 7-VII-52 lower left.

    #9063
  • Untitled (Truck and Rooftops), 1931
    Oil on board
    9 1/4 x 12 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 1931 lower left.

    #8587
  • Untitled (Window), ca. 1930s
    Oil on Masonite
    8 x 8 1/4 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8581
  • Untitled (Bather) , 1956
    Oil on Masonite
    7 x 5 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 5-VI-56 upper center.

    #8565
  • Untitled (Man in Boat), ca. 1932
    Oil on board
    8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #6179
  • Untitled (Sunset), ca. 1930s
    Oil on board
    7 1/4 x 11 inches
    #8809
  • Untitled (Sketch Class), ca. 1930s
    Oil on board
    8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8590
  • Chicago (House Plants), 1939
    Oil on paper, in original frame
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated H. Haydon 1939, titled on reverse.

    #9148
  • Untitled (Hyde Park Boulevard), 1941
    Oil on paper
    4 7/16 x 5 3/4 inches

    Signed Harold Haydon and dated on reverse.

    #9004
  • Calais Sunset, Vermont, 1948
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 2-VIII-48 upper right; titled on reverse.

    #9026
  • Untitled (Sunset), 1950
    Oil on paper
    4 1/2 x 6 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon, 8-VII-50.

    #9033
  • Untitled (City Rooftops- City Nocturne), ca. 1931
    Charcoal on paper
    5 1/2 x 5 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8876
  • Untitled (City Rooftops), ca. 1931
    Charcoal on paper
    3 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #11115
  • Untitled (City Rooftops), ca. 1931
    Charcoal on paper
    3 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #11114
  • Untitled (Study for “Sunrise”), 1931
    Ink on board
    11 x 14 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon, 1931 lower right

    #8723
  • Northern Lake (Canoe at Night), ca. 1931
    Charcoal on paper
    5 x 6 1/2 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse

    #8889
  • Untitled (Repose), 1945
    Ink on paper
    7 x 9 1/2 inches

    Signed, dated Harold Haydon 25-XII-45, lower right

    #8913
  • Untitled (Marshall Field’s Escalator), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    8 3/4 x 6 inches
    #8735
  • Untitled (Shopping at Marshall Field’s), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    6 x 8 3/4 inches
    #8736
  • The Bathers, ca. 1954
    Graphite on paper
    18 x 23 3/4 inches

    Signed Harold Haydon, lower center; titled lower left.

    #10670
  • Figure Study (Portrait of a Woman), ca. 1945
    Ink on paper
    24 x 18 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #11476
  • Figure Study (Portrait of a Young Man), ca. 1940
    Charcoal on paper
    11 x 10 inches
    #13545
  • Untitled (Study, Driving), ca. 1930s
    Graphite on paper
    3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
    #8730
  • Untitled (Study for “Zoom Room”), ca. 1941
    Graphite on paper
    9 x 11 1/2 inches
    #12393
  • Figure Study (Standing Male), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    18 x 12 inches
    #8675
  • Figure Study (Standing Male), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    18 x 12 inches
    #8715
  • Figure Study (Standing Nude), ca. 1951
    Charcoal on paper
    19 x 12 inches

    Estate stamped on reverse.

    #11754
  • Figure Study (Standing Nude- Bather), 1952
    Charcoal on paper
    22 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches

    Signed and dated Harold Haydon 4-1X-52, lower left.

    #10685
  • Figure Study (Seated Nude), ca. 1945
    Ink on paper
    24 x 18 inches
    #11486
  • Figure Study (Seated Nude), ca. 1945
    Ink and Charcoal on paper
    24 x 18 inches
    #11427
  • Figure Study (Standing Male), 1951
    Graphite on paper
    19 x 12 1/2 inches

    Dated 17-VIII-51, lower right.

    #11009
  • Figure Study (Seated Male) , ca. 1930s
    Pastel and charcoal on paper
    24 x 18 inches

    Signed Harold Haydon lower right

    #9571
  • Figure Study (Seated Male), ca. 1930
    Charcoal on paper
    18 x 12 inches
    #8716
  • Figure Study (Standing Nude) , ca. 1930s
    Pastel and charcoal on paper
    24 x 18 inches
    #9578
  • Figure Study (Male Torso), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    18 x 12 inches
    #8617
  • Figure Study (Standing Nude), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    18 x 12 inches
    #8594
  • Figure Study (Standing Nude), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    18 x 12 inches
    #8673
  • Figure Study (Standing Nude, Back), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    18 x 12 inches
    #8651
  • Figure Study (Seated Nude, Back), ca. 1930s
    Charcoal on paper
    18 x 12 inches
    #8600
  • Abstraction, 1934
    Watercolor on paper
    11 1/2 x 13 inches

    Dated 1934, lower left; Estate stamped on reverse.

    #8794

Harold Emerson Haydon was born in 1909 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1941. Haydon attended the University of Chicago Lab School and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Philosophy. He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1930s. Haydon became a Professor of Art at the University of Chicago from 1944-1975 and later taught as an instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975-1981. From 1975-1982, Haydon also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University. He is recognized for his vibrant, painterly landscapes of New England and Canada, as well as his dynamic city views of Chicago and its lakefront.

Harold Haydon served as the longtime art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper from 1963-1985. He died in Chicago in 1994.

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