Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered... Read full biography
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered one of the most renowned portrait painters in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (3).... Read full biography
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered one of the most renowned portrait painters in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (3). He was also President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and Vice-President of the Ontario Society of Artists*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings;... Read full biography
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered one of the most renowned portrait painters in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (3). He was also President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and Vice-President of the Ontario Society of Artists*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings; most comprehensive Canadian art history books illustrate and discuss his work; and hundreds of his paintings, prints and drawings are in Canadian museums and public buildings.(4). Harris was born in Ty'n-y-Groes, Conwy, North Wales. He died in... Read full biography
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered one of the most renowned portrait painters in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (3). He was also President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and Vice-President of the Ontario Society of Artists*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings; most comprehensive Canadian art history books illustrate and discuss his work; and hundreds of his paintings, prints and drawings are in Canadian museums and public buildings.(4). Harris was born in Ty'n-y-Groes, Conwy, North Wales. He died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which had been his home since 1883. His first home in North America was Charlottetown, Princ... Read full biography
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About Robert Harris: Books
Books & Publications (31)
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Artists, Architects & Artisans: Canadian Art 1890-1918
2013
Hill, Charles Hill and Andrea Kunard, Laurier Lacroix
340 pages (color)
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
A National Soul: Canadian Mural Painting, 1860s-1930s
2002
McKay, Marylin
320 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
The Lure of Paris: Nineteenth-Century American Painters and Their French Teachers
1991
Weinberg, H Barbara
295 pages (color)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
Canadian Impressionism
1990
Duval, Paul
166 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
The Hand Holding the Brush: Self Portraits by Canadian Artists
1983
Stacey, Robert
132 pages
Island Painter: The Life of Robert Harris, 1849-1919
1983
Williamson, Moncrieff
158 pages
American Paintings at Yale University: An illustrated Checklist (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Stebbins, Theodore/G Gorokhoff
213 pages
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980
Sisler, Rebecca
296 pages (color)
The Work of Art: Six Artists (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1978
Broun, Francis
44 pages (color)
Landmarks of Canadian Art
1978
Mellen, Peter
260 pages (color)
High Realism in Canada
1974
Duval, Paul
175 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Praeger Encyclopedia of Art (4 volumes)
1971
Bell, David
2,139 pages (color)
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
Robert Harris, 1849-1919 An Unconventional Biography
1970
Williamson, Moncrieff
222 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art
1967
Hubbard, R.H.; J.R. Ostiguy
254 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (Second Edition)
1966
Harper, J Russell
443 pages
Great Canadian Painting: A Century of Art
1966
Kilbourn, Elizabeth; Frank Newfeld
128 pages (color)
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)