G. Harris Shelton (1896 - 1976) Texas Artist Original Painting “Desert Sunset”. It is a wonderful small painting with terrific colors, and it is in very good condition. The frame has a bit of wear with age and as you can see from the photos it has a bit of separation in the corners, but it is sturdy. The back paper was basically disintegrating and crumbling so I removed it and underneath there is a title and it looks like an original price of $10 most likely pre-1950 . There is no visible date, but it is signed on the front in the lower left-hand corner. On the back of the paper there was a label from Coronado galleries in Elpaso and another label from a framing shop in Texas as well. I did remove the labels that were on the back of paper, and I will put them in an envelope and include them with the painting. It measures approximately 20 x 17” framed, and the viewable image size is approximately 12 x 9”. I do have one other larger painting by the artist that guy will be listing as well so please check out my other listings. I took photos of the painting under different, like to give a different perspective. Thanks for your interest.

The following bio on the artist was borrowed from the website askArt :

Harris Shelton (1896 - 1976) was active/lived in Texas, New Mexico. Harris Shelton is known for Landscape and historical scene painting, commercial art, design.

George Harris Shelton:

From El Paso, Texas, he was a painter, commercial artist, designer, and lawyer. Shelton was legal counsel for Republic Steel Corporation in Ohio before coming to El Paso about 1923. He began painting in earnest after being stricken by arthritis.

He was a student of Emilio Garcia Cabero for two years, and also of George Frederick, and Ivan F. Summers. He maintained a studio in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where he painted in the summer, and a residence-studio in the Cortez Hotel, El Paso, where he worked the remaining months of the year.

His studio in the hotel was said to be “a paradise for the artist’s arty friends, who can be found resting and admiring his landscapes and his many desert studies in oil”

For seven years he designed program covers and parade floats as official artist of the Southwestern Sun Carnival in El Paso.

Shelton died in El Paso.