Author, illustrator and artist.
Harry graduated from Brighton High School, Boston, MA in 1901 and attended Art Students League of New York, in New York City. He worked as an illustrator for Doubleday, Page & Co in New York, but returned to Boston where he became part of the editorial staff of House Beautiful magazine.
His writing career began in the early 1900's with short stories. He was an editor for Field and Stream magazine and Youth Companion in the early 1920's. He also attended Harvard University's 47 Workshop for playwrights. He wrote nine books during his career. He was a prolific writer into late 1940's. By the 1950's, his writing career was waning.
When he retired from writing, having "run dry" as he told me his granddaughter, he took up his avocation of painting, winning awards at art shows in Andover, Mass. and Boston. His artwork posthumously, is appearing for sale in auctions and online - he signed his artwork H. I. Shumway. There is some misrepresentation that he was a WPA artist; he was not. His painting of Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., a large painting capturing the 1927 activity of that section of Boston now known as Government Center, was painted in the 1960's when he was in his 80's, not the 1930's or 40's, as has been advertised by art dealer's. He painted it using a photograph, the original is in my possession, his memory and a little embellishment understood by himself & family.
Harry graduated from Brighton High School, Boston, MA in 1901 and attended Art Students League of New York, in New York City. He worked as an illustrator for Doubleday, Page & Co in New York, but returned to Boston where he became part of the editorial staff of House Beautiful magazine.
His writing career began in the early 1900's with short stories. He was an editor for Field and Stream magazine and Youth Companion in the early 1920's. He also attended Harvard University's 47 Workshop for playwrights. He wrote nine books during his career. He was a prolific writer into late 1940's. By the 1950's, his writing career was waning.
When he retired from writing, having "run dry" as he told me his granddaughter, he took up his avocation of painting, winning awards at art shows in Andover, Mass. and Boston. His artwork posthumously, is appearing for sale in auctions and online - he signed his artwork H. I. Shumway. There is some misrepresentation that he was a WPA artist; he was not. His painting of Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., a large painting capturing the 1927 activity of that section of Boston now known as Government Center, was painted in the 1960's when he was in his 80's, not the 1930's or 40's, as has been advertised by art dealer's. He painted it using a photograph, the original is in my possession, his memory and a little embellishment understood by himself & family.
Author, illustrator and artist.
Harry graduated from Brighton High School, Boston, MA in 1901 and attended Art Students League of New York, in New York City. He worked as an illustrator for Doubleday, Page & Co in New York, but returned to Boston where he became part of the editorial staff of House Beautiful magazine.
His writing career began in the early 1900's with short stories. He was an editor for Field and Stream magazine and Youth Companion in the early 1920's. He also attended Harvard University's 47 Workshop for playwrights. He wrote nine books during his career. He was a prolific writer into late 1940's. By the 1950's, his writing career was waning.
When he retired from writing, having "run dry" as he told me his granddaughter, he took up his avocation of painting, winning awards at art shows in Andover, Mass. and Boston. His artwork posthumously, is appearing for sale in auctions and online - he signed his artwork H. I. Shumway. There is some misrepresentation that he was a WPA artist; he was not. His painting of Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., a large painting capturing the 1927 activity of that section of Boston now known as Government Center, was painted in the 1960's when he was in his 80's, not the 1930's or 40's, as has been advertised by art dealer's. He painted it using a photograph, the original is in my possession, his memory and a little embellishment understood by himself & family.
Harry graduated from Brighton High School, Boston, MA in 1901 and attended Art Students League of New York, in New York City. He worked as an illustrator for Doubleday, Page & Co in New York, but returned to Boston where he became part of the editorial staff of House Beautiful magazine.
His writing career began in the early 1900's with short stories. He was an editor for Field and Stream magazine and Youth Companion in the early 1920's. He also attended Harvard University's 47 Workshop for playwrights. He wrote nine books during his career. He was a prolific writer into late 1940's. By the 1950's, his writing career was waning.
When he retired from writing, having "run dry" as he told me his granddaughter, he took up his avocation of painting, winning awards at art shows in Andover, Mass. and Boston. His artwork posthumously, is appearing for sale in auctions and online - he signed his artwork H. I. Shumway. There is some misrepresentation that he was a WPA artist; he was not. His painting of Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., a large painting capturing the 1927 activity of that section of Boston now known as Government Center, was painted in the 1960's when he was in his 80's, not the 1930's or 40's, as has been advertised by art dealer's. He painted it using a photograph, the original is in my possession, his memory and a little embellishment understood by himself & family.
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