Harry Spiers, born in Selsea (Sussex, UK) on 15 October 1869, painted watercolor landscapes of New England and Ontario. He was trained at the Académie Julian under Henri-Lucien Doucet and... Read full biography
Harry Spiers, born in Selsea (Sussex, UK) on 15 October 1869, painted watercolor landscapes of New England and Ontario. He was trained at the Académie Julian under Henri-Lucien Doucet and Alfred-Henri Bramtot (1852-1894). Harry Spiers became a member of the Boston Society of Water Color Painters... Read full biography
Harry Spiers, born in Selsea (Sussex, UK) on 15 October 1869, painted watercolor landscapes of New England and Ontario. He was trained at the Académie Julian under Henri-Lucien Doucet and Alfred-Henri Bramtot (1852-1894). Harry Spiers became a member of the Boston Society of Water Color Painters and the Ontario Society of Artists, and he exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy and a watercolor called Solitude at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1917, when he gave an address at Islington,... Read full biography
Harry Spiers, born in Selsea (Sussex, UK) on 15 October 1869, painted watercolor landscapes of New England and Ontario. He was trained at the Académie Julian under Henri-Lucien Doucet and Alfred-Henri Bramtot (1852-1894). Harry Spiers became a member of the Boston Society of Water Color Painters and the Ontario Society of Artists, and he exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy and a watercolor called Solitude at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1917, when he gave an address at Islington, Massachusetts. Later in 1938, he was living in Dedham, Massachusetts, which suggests that he settled in the Boston area. Two solo shows are known: one at the galleries of Leonard and Company in Boston (December 1918) and another two years later in New... Read full biography
Harry Spiers, born in Selsea (Sussex, UK) on 15 October 1869, painted watercolor landscapes of New England and Ontario. He was trained at the Académie Julian under Henri-Lucien Doucet and Alfred-Henri Bramtot (1852-1894). Harry Spiers became a member of the Boston Society of Water Color Painters and the Ontario Society of Artists, and he exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy and a watercolor called Solitude at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1917, when he gave an address at Islington, Massachusetts. Later in 1938, he was living in Dedham, Massachusetts, which suggests that he settled in the Boston area. Two solo shows are known: one at the galleries of Leonard and Company in Boston (December 1918) and another two years later in New York's Babcock Art Galleries. The Bridge (Private collection) evokes Barbizon School paintings,... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (8)
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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
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index