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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Books & Publications (9)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Canadian Art-Its Origin and Development (Paperback) 1967
1943
Colgate, William
278 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index