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1857 San Francisco, California - 1940 New York City. Known for: Portrait, still life and landscape painting.
A native of San Francisco, Harry Watrous is known for stylized figural works, academic portraits, and night scenes. In 1881, he went to Paris for five years and studied at the Julian Academy and in... Read full biography
A native of San Francisco, Harry Watrous is known for stylized figural works, academic portraits, and night scenes. In 1881, he went to Paris for five years and studied at the Julian Academy and in Bonnat's atelier. He was influenced by Jean Leon Gerome and William Bouguereau and especially... Read full biography
A native of San Francisco, Harry Watrous is known for stylized figural works, academic portraits, and night scenes. In 1881, he went to Paris for five years and studied at the Julian Academy and in Bonnat's atelier. He was influenced by Jean Leon Gerome and William Bouguereau and especially influenced by Jean Louis Meissonier. His academic genre painting was so popular that a Parisian art dealer marketed it successfully in London as did prestigious American collectors before he returned to this... Read full biography
A native of San Francisco, Harry Watrous is known for stylized figural works, academic portraits, and night scenes. In 1881, he went to Paris for five years and studied at the Julian Academy and in Bonnat's atelier. He was influenced by Jean Leon Gerome and William Bouguereau and especially influenced by Jean Louis Meissonier. His academic genre painting was so popular that a Parisian art dealer marketed it successfully in London as did prestigious American collectors before he returned to this country. Around 1905, his eyesight began failing, and he became more innovative, specializing in highly seductive, stylized female figure paintings.... Read full biography
A native of San Francisco, Harry Watrous is known for stylized figural works, academic portraits, and night scenes. In 1881, he went to Paris for five years and studied at the Julian Academy and in Bonnat's atelier. He was influenced by Jean Leon Gerome and William Bouguereau and especially influenced by Jean Louis Meissonier. His academic genre painting was so popular that a Parisian art dealer marketed it successfully in London as did prestigious American collectors before he returned to this country. Around 1905, his eyesight began failing, and he became more innovative, specializing in highly seductive, stylized female figure paintings.... Read full biography
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Keywords (47)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
Art Style
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Trompe l'oeil
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Oriental Influence
- •Orientalism, Orientalist
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Europe
- •Northern California Before 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Salons of America
- •Society of American Artists, New York
Art Teacher
- •Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
- •Leon Bonnat, Bonnat Atelier, Paris
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Sherwood Studio Building, New York, Resident
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Lotos Club
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Arts Club
- •Salons of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts