Harper Bond is the son of Oliver James Bond and Sarah Wayne. He was born in Chester, SC where his father practiced dentistry. Harper had 3 brothers; Charles Summers, Edgar Bernard and Oliver James. They had six sisters: Carrie Wayne, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Isla, Georgia Anna, Lula Annie and Henri Jessie. A brother and 3 sisters died in childhood.
His brother, Oliver James Bond, Jr. was a professor, dean and superintendent at the Citadel Military Academy. His brother, Bernard, moved to TX and worked as a bookkeeper.
Harper married Mamie Mary Matthews in 1898 and worked as a sign painter in Savannah, GA and Duval county, FL before making his way back to NC where he was admitted to the asylum in Nov 1912.
Harper is the artist who painted the large "aerial view" painting mapping out the campus. This painting hangs in the lobby of the Avery Building and is dated 1914.
According to an article in the Chester newspaper November 3, 1916 "Harper Bond who was born and reared in Chester, and was perhaps the best known artist and musician in the South, dropped dead at the Morganton, NC State Hospital Thursday. He was a remarkable genius. Uncle Harper's addiction to the use of drugs brought about admittance to the State Hospital in Morganton, NC, where he was permitted to continue his painting and music until his death. " And according to family historian, Esmonde Howell, " he was an artist of unusual abilities..... Aunt Mary continued to live in Jacksonville, Fla and remarried."
Harper died of heart disease and was divorced at the time of his passing.
(Thanks to Jeanne Canfield Gerhardt of SC for her assistance.)
His brother, Oliver James Bond, Jr. was a professor, dean and superintendent at the Citadel Military Academy. His brother, Bernard, moved to TX and worked as a bookkeeper.
Harper married Mamie Mary Matthews in 1898 and worked as a sign painter in Savannah, GA and Duval county, FL before making his way back to NC where he was admitted to the asylum in Nov 1912.
Harper is the artist who painted the large "aerial view" painting mapping out the campus. This painting hangs in the lobby of the Avery Building and is dated 1914.
According to an article in the Chester newspaper November 3, 1916 "Harper Bond who was born and reared in Chester, and was perhaps the best known artist and musician in the South, dropped dead at the Morganton, NC State Hospital Thursday. He was a remarkable genius. Uncle Harper's addiction to the use of drugs brought about admittance to the State Hospital in Morganton, NC, where he was permitted to continue his painting and music until his death. " And according to family historian, Esmonde Howell, " he was an artist of unusual abilities..... Aunt Mary continued to live in Jacksonville, Fla and remarried."
Harper died of heart disease and was divorced at the time of his passing.
(Thanks to Jeanne Canfield Gerhardt of SC for her assistance.)
Harper Bond is the son of Oliver James Bond and Sarah Wayne. He was born in Chester, SC where his father practiced dentistry. Harper had 3 brothers; Charles Summers, Edgar Bernard and Oliver James. They had six sisters: Carrie Wayne, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Isla, Georgia Anna, Lula Annie and Henri Jessie. A brother and 3 sisters died in childhood.
His brother, Oliver James Bond, Jr. was a professor, dean and superintendent at the Citadel Military Academy. His brother, Bernard, moved to TX and worked as a bookkeeper.
Harper married Mamie Mary Matthews in 1898 and worked as a sign painter in Savannah, GA and Duval county, FL before making his way back to NC where he was admitted to the asylum in Nov 1912.
Harper is the artist who painted the large "aerial view" painting mapping out the campus. This painting hangs in the lobby of the Avery Building and is dated 1914.
According to an article in the Chester newspaper November 3, 1916 "Harper Bond who was born and reared in Chester, and was perhaps the best known artist and musician in the South, dropped dead at the Morganton, NC State Hospital Thursday. He was a remarkable genius. Uncle Harper's addiction to the use of drugs brought about admittance to the State Hospital in Morganton, NC, where he was permitted to continue his painting and music until his death. " And according to family historian, Esmonde Howell, " he was an artist of unusual abilities..... Aunt Mary continued to live in Jacksonville, Fla and remarried."
Harper died of heart disease and was divorced at the time of his passing.
(Thanks to Jeanne Canfield Gerhardt of SC for her assistance.)
His brother, Oliver James Bond, Jr. was a professor, dean and superintendent at the Citadel Military Academy. His brother, Bernard, moved to TX and worked as a bookkeeper.
Harper married Mamie Mary Matthews in 1898 and worked as a sign painter in Savannah, GA and Duval county, FL before making his way back to NC where he was admitted to the asylum in Nov 1912.
Harper is the artist who painted the large "aerial view" painting mapping out the campus. This painting hangs in the lobby of the Avery Building and is dated 1914.
According to an article in the Chester newspaper November 3, 1916 "Harper Bond who was born and reared in Chester, and was perhaps the best known artist and musician in the South, dropped dead at the Morganton, NC State Hospital Thursday. He was a remarkable genius. Uncle Harper's addiction to the use of drugs brought about admittance to the State Hospital in Morganton, NC, where he was permitted to continue his painting and music until his death. " And according to family historian, Esmonde Howell, " he was an artist of unusual abilities..... Aunt Mary continued to live in Jacksonville, Fla and remarried."
Harper died of heart disease and was divorced at the time of his passing.
(Thanks to Jeanne Canfield Gerhardt of SC for her assistance.)
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