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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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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cartoon Drawing, Cartoon Figures
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Industrial Scenes, Factories, Labor Genre and Figure
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canadian Rocky Mountains
Art Association
- •Canadian Society of Graphic Art
- •Ontario Society of Artists
Art Teacher
- •William Cruikshank
Art School
- •Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto), Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Newspaper Staff, Events, Artist, Cartoon, Illustration, Photography, Graphics
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Canadian Society of Graphic Artists
- •Ontario Society of Artists-
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts