The White Sari - Merlin Hardy (1910-1984) Oil on Canvas P2681

We love his style, and place this work sometime in the late 30s-40s. Very stylish, with a bit of magic to it. Canvas measures 19" x 23 1/2", frame 26 1/3" x 30 3/4". Hardy, Merlin C. (1910-1984) Merlin Hardy was born on July 9, 1910, in Oakland, California. After graduating from Oakland High School, he studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco for four and half years. He worked in oil, sculpture, design, and illustration. He had a one-man show at the Art Center in San Francisco and exhibited at a number of institutions in California. Hardy worked for the California Federal Arts Project but left it in 1937, transferring to the Connecticut Federal Arts Project where he was given work for six months. He lived at Wesleyan University and in 1938 completed 20 easel works for the Connecticut Federal Arts Project. They were allocated to Weaver High School in Hartford, Connecticut State Farm for Women, Norwich State Hospital, Fairfield State Hospital, and Cedarcrest Sanator