Harry Stuart Fonda

Harry Stuart Fonda (August 24, 1864–August 9, 1942) was an American painter, musician, and professor, best known for his marine and landscape paintings.

History Fonda was born August 24, 1864, in Marysville, California. He was born in a family of six children, to parents Eleanor (née Middleton) and William Thomas Fonda. Fonda was a member of the Bohemian Club, joining on November 18, 1896. He sometimes taught private classes from his studio.

From 1897 until 1899, he was an instructor at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art (now known as the San Francisco Art Institute). Fonda's students included Pedro Joseph de Lemos, amongst others. His oil painting, House of the Four Winds, was bought by President William McKinley.

His wife May died in San Francisco in 1929. In 1940, he moved to Carthage, New York, to live with his daughter Louise "Elsie" LeRoy Martin, and his son-in-law. He died on August 9, 1942, in Carthage.