George Edward Hurrell was born on June 1, 1904 in Cincinnati, Ohio.“As long as I can remember I wanted to be an artist. As a boy, I was drawing all the time, in school and out. Art was my favorite class in high school.” Following graduation from high school, that summer he enrolled at the Chicago Art Institute, and later took night school classes at the Academy of Fine Arts studying painting. Hurrell became acquainted with the camera while in art school because his fellow painting students kept photographic records of their work. Hurrell moved from Chicago to Laguna beach, bringing along with him a second hand view camera so that he could photograph various potential scenes during the warm spring and summer months. Hurrell photographed the local artists and their art in the Mediterranean climates. Hurrell's first famous portraits were photographs of Ramon Navarro, the highest paid celebrity during the time. Ever since these pictures became known, Hurrell was commissioned by other famous people such as Greta Garbo, Carole Lombard, and Julie Andrews. His portraits, all classic looking, capture the beautiful nature of the glamorized people of the 20's-40s.
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