Henry Percy Gray: Painter of Northern California’s Soul Henry Percy Gray (October 3, 1869 – October 10, 1952) stands as a pivotal figure in the Tonalist movement and a celebrated chronicler of Northern California's landscape. Born in San Francisco to Alexander and Elizabeth Gray—a family steeped in artistic tradition—Gray’s early life was marked by illness which ignited his innate talent for visual representation. He honed his skills at the San Francisco School of Design under luminaries like Emil Carlsen, Virgil Williams, Thomas Hill, and Oscar Kunath, absorbing influences from the Barbizon…