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1887 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada - 1969 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Landscape, portrait and history painting, cartoons, graphic art.
Harold Wellington McCrea was a painter, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario (60 miles east of Toronto), and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived... Read full biography
Harold Wellington McCrea was a painter, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario (60 miles east of Toronto), and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived and worked most of his life. (1). His mediums were oil, tempera*, watercolor, and pen and ink*. His... Read full biography
Harold Wellington McCrea was a painter, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario (60 miles east of Toronto), and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived and worked most of his life. (1). His mediums were oil, tempera*, watercolor, and pen and ink*. His subjects were landscape, snow scenes, industry, genre, portraits and historical subjects (2). The landscape locations were in Ontario, Quebec, the Canadian West (Indians, farm and ranch life) and the... Read full biography
Harold Wellington McCrea was a painter, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario (60 miles east of Toronto), and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived and worked most of his life. (1). His mediums were oil, tempera*, watercolor, and pen and ink*. His subjects were landscape, snow scenes, industry, genre, portraits and historical subjects (2). The landscape locations were in Ontario, Quebec, the Canadian West (Indians, farm and ranch life) and the Rocky Mountains. His style was Realism*. See AskART Image Examples for good illustrations of his work and footnote number 5 below for additional specific examples of the subjects. His formal art education includes studies at the Ontario School of Art... Read full biography
Harold Wellington McCrea was a painter, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario (60 miles east of Toronto), and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived and worked most of his life. (1). His mediums were oil, tempera*, watercolor, and pen and ink*. His subjects were landscape, snow scenes, industry, genre, portraits and historical subjects (2). The landscape locations were in Ontario, Quebec, the Canadian West (Indians, farm and ranch life) and the Rocky Mountains. His style was Realism*. See AskART Image Examples for good illustrations of his work and footnote number 5 below for additional specific examples of the subjects. His formal art education includes studies at the Ontario School of Art (c. before 1910) and the Art Institute of Chicago (c.1918 - 1920). He also took private lessons with W... Read full biography
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Harold Wellington McCrea was a painter, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Peterborough, Ontario (60 miles east of Toronto), and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived and worked most of his life. (1)
His mediums were oil, tempera*, watercolor, and pen and ink*. His subjects were landscape, snow scenes, industry, genre, portraits and historical subjects (2). The landscape locations were in Ontario, Quebec, the Canadian West (Indians, farm and ranch life) and the Rocky Mountains. His style was Realism*. See AskART Image Examples for good illustrations of his work and footnote number 5 below for additional specific examples of the subjects.
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