G. Harvey (1933-2017) American, Signed Limited Edition Christmas Giclee. Depicts snow-covered streets in an American city with a streetcar and horse-drawn carriages traversing the area. Signature in print lower left. Signed and numbered 726/3500 in ink nearby. Plaque bottom middle with artist and title: "Season of Hope and Joy." Comes with Certificate of Authenticity in envelope on back of frame that includes a production date of 1993. 

Condition: Excellent. 

Overall Size: 36 x 38 1/2 in. 

Sight Size: 22 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. 

Gerald Harvey Jones (known professionally as G. Harvey) was born on November 1st, 1933 in San Antonio, Texas. He was inspired from a young age to draw western scenes from his grandfather’s stories of living on the Texas Frontier. He attended Abilene Christian University, and graduated cum laude from the University of North Texas in 1956 with a degree in industrial arts.  Shortly thereafter, Harvey became the industrial arts teacher at O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas. Throughout his teaching career he continued to draw, sculpt, and paint. Throughout his early years as an artist Jones served on the staff of the University of Texas at Austin as a supervisor to the Texas Union of Arts and Crafts. During this time he discovered a fascination with light, particularly drawn to the works of Childe Hassam, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Luigi Loir, and J.M.W. Turner. In 1957 he began selling his paintings under the signature G. Harvey Jones, shifting from teaching to working full-time on his art. A year later he shortened his signature to G. Harvey, and his first major recognition finally came in 1965 when he won the New Masters Award from the American Artists Professional League at the Grand National Exhibition in New York City. Although initially a Texas landscape painter, from 1975 to 1985 Jones attempted multiple times to join the Cowboy Artists of America and was rejected, inspiring him to work on other genres. Jones married Patty Marie Bentley and became involved in conservative political causes in the early 1980s, eventually moving into the Weyrich-Arhelger House in Fredericksburg to accommodate his growing family and fame after the birth of his son and daughter. Many of his works became limited edition prints that were immediately snapped up, with his highest record auction price of $516,500 at Heritage Auctions in November of 2018 for an original oil painting titled “When Cowboys Don’t Change.” His artwork and sculptures have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution, the White House, the National Archives Building, and the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. Notable collectors of his traditionalist and luminist-inspired work included President Lyndon B. Johnson, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and John Connally, the 39th governor of Texas. Jones died on November 13th, 2017.

Excellent.