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1878 Cambridge, England - 1958 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Marine, landscape, figure, and portrait painting, teaching.
Harry Britton RCA, OSA (1878 - 1958). 'Harry Britton, in my estimation, was the best marine artist Canada ever had.' - A.J. Casson, November 27,1988 (1). A prominent Canadian painter and influential... Read full biography
Harry Britton RCA, OSA (1878 - 1958). 'Harry Britton, in my estimation, was the best marine artist Canada ever had.' - A.J. Casson, November 27,1988 (1). A prominent Canadian painter and influential educator, Harry Britton was born in Cambridge, England and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had... Read full biography
Harry Britton RCA, OSA (1878 - 1958). 'Harry Britton, in my estimation, was the best marine artist Canada ever had.' - A.J. Casson, November 27,1988 (1). A prominent Canadian painter and influential educator, Harry Britton was born in Cambridge, England and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life. (2). His mediums included oil, watercolor and pastels. His best known subjects were fishermen, harbors, marine and coastal scenes; but he also did landscapes, snowscapes, figures,... Read full biography
Harry Britton RCA, OSA (1878 - 1958). 'Harry Britton, in my estimation, was the best marine artist Canada ever had.' - A.J. Casson, November 27,1988 (1). A prominent Canadian painter and influential educator, Harry Britton was born in Cambridge, England and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life. (2). His mediums included oil, watercolor and pastels. His best known subjects were fishermen, harbors, marine and coastal scenes; but he also did landscapes, snowscapes, figures, portraits and genre*. The painting locations included Ontario, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Cornwall, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. His styles were Impressionism*, Plein Air* and Realism*. AskART have some excellent illustrations of his work. (3).... Read full biography
Harry Britton RCA, OSA (1878 - 1958). 'Harry Britton, in my estimation, was the best marine artist Canada ever had.' - A.J. Casson, November 27,1988 (1). A prominent Canadian painter and influential educator, Harry Britton was born in Cambridge, England and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life. (2). His mediums included oil, watercolor and pastels. His best known subjects were fishermen, harbors, marine and coastal scenes; but he also did landscapes, snowscapes, figures, portraits and genre*. The painting locations included Ontario, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Cornwall, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. His styles were Impressionism*, Plein Air* and Realism*. AskART have some excellent illustrations of his work. (3). Britton's art education includes seven years of intermittent study in Toronto under Farquhar McGillivray Knowles (1902 to 1908); a... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism, Impressionist
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Harbor, Harbour View
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cornwall, England
- •France After 1900
- •Italy
- •Netherlands
- •Nova Scotia
Art Association
- •Ontario Society of Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Farquhar Knowles
Art School
- •City & Guilds of London Art School, Student
- •Heatherly School of Fine Art, London, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Marine Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Art Association of Montreal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts