Bess Larkin Housser Harris. Born. Brandon, Manitoba, 1890. Died. Vancouver, British Columbia, 1969. Biography synopsis. Bess Larkin Housser Harris was born in Manitoba but received her early... Read full biography
Bess Larkin Housser Harris. Born. Brandon, Manitoba, 1890. Died. Vancouver, British Columbia, 1969. Biography synopsis. Bess Larkin Housser Harris was born in Manitoba but received her early education in Toronto at Havergal College. Although Harris took a few art lessons from F.H. Varley, she was... Read full biography
Bess Larkin Housser Harris. Born. Brandon, Manitoba, 1890. Died. Vancouver, British Columbia, 1969. Biography synopsis. Bess Larkin Housser Harris was born in Manitoba but received her early education in Toronto at Havergal College. Although Harris took a few art lessons from F.H. Varley, she was mostly self-taught, but nonetheless invited to participate in Group of Seven shows throughout the 1920s. She exhibited in the US during the mid-1920s and 30s. Harris also wrote on art, contributing... Read full biography
Bess Larkin Housser Harris. Born. Brandon, Manitoba, 1890. Died. Vancouver, British Columbia, 1969. Biography synopsis. Bess Larkin Housser Harris was born in Manitoba but received her early education in Toronto at Havergal College. Although Harris took a few art lessons from F.H. Varley, she was mostly self-taught, but nonetheless invited to participate in Group of Seven shows throughout the 1920s. She exhibited in the US during the mid-1920s and 30s. Harris also wrote on art, contributing many articles to the Canadian Bookman between 1923 and 1926. Her work is in the collection of Hart House, the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, among other private and public collections. Harris was married to F.B. Housser in... Read full biography
Bess Larkin Housser Harris. Born. Brandon, Manitoba, 1890. Died. Vancouver, British Columbia, 1969. Biography synopsis. Bess Larkin Housser Harris was born in Manitoba but received her early education in Toronto at Havergal College. Although Harris took a few art lessons from F.H. Varley, she was mostly self-taught, but nonetheless invited to participate in Group of Seven shows throughout the 1920s. She exhibited in the US during the mid-1920s and 30s. Harris also wrote on art, contributing many articles to the Canadian Bookman between 1923 and 1926. Her work is in the collection of Hart House, the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, among other private and public collections. Harris was married to F.B. Housser in 1914, but they later divorced and she married Lawr... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
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Artists of the Rockies: Inspiration of Lake O'Hara, Illustration 100 years of landscape painting by the Lake O'Hara area in the Canadian Rockies
2003
Gooch, Jane Lytton
152 pages (color)
The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Hill, Charles C
374 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Vancouver: Art and Artists, 1931-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Rombout, Luke
440 pages (color)
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
British Columbia: A Centennial Anthology
1958
Watters, Reginald E. (editor)
576 pages (color)
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the 'Canadian Group of Painters'