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1855 Doon, Ontario, Canada - 1936 Doon, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Landscape, figure, animals, allegory and portrait painting.
Homer Ransford Watson OSA, RCA, CAC (1855 - 1936). Homer Ransford Watson (AKA: Homer Watson) was an important Canadian painter and President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. Most exhibitions... Read full biography
Homer Ransford Watson OSA, RCA, CAC (1855 - 1936). Homer Ransford Watson (AKA: Homer Watson) was an important Canadian painter and President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings, all comprehensive Canadian art... Read full biography
Homer Ransford Watson OSA, RCA, CAC (1855 - 1936). Homer Ransford Watson (AKA: Homer Watson) was an important Canadian painter and President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings, all comprehensive Canadian art history books discuss him, and most major Canadian museums have his works in their permanent collections. Watson was born in Doon, Ontario (now part of Kitchener) lived there most of his life and died... Read full biography
Homer Ransford Watson OSA, RCA, CAC (1855 - 1936). Homer Ransford Watson (AKA: Homer Watson) was an important Canadian painter and President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings, all comprehensive Canadian art history books discuss him, and most major Canadian museums have his works in their permanent collections. Watson was born in Doon, Ontario (now part of Kitchener) lived there most of his life and died there. (1). His best known medium was oil paint, although, there are many works in watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, chalk, drybrush, wood engraving*, etching* and lithograph*. His most frequent subjects are landscapes of the countryside near Doon. Oscar... Read full biography
Homer Ransford Watson OSA, RCA, CAC (1855 - 1936). Homer Ransford Watson (AKA: Homer Watson) was an important Canadian painter and President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings, all comprehensive Canadian art history books discuss him, and most major Canadian museums have his works in their permanent collections. Watson was born in Doon, Ontario (now part of Kitchener) lived there most of his life and died there. (1). His best known medium was oil paint, although, there are many works in watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, chalk, drybrush, wood engraving*, etching* and lithograph*. His most frequent subjects are landscapes of the countryside near Doon. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), a friend and patron, famously referred to Watson as the "Canadian Constable" because o... Read full biography
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Keywords (51)
Art Method
- •Drybrush Painting
- •Easel Painting
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Engraving, Engraver
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
- •Barbizon School of Painting
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Hudson River School
- •Impressionism, Impressionist
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Waterscapes: Canals, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Adirondack Mountains
- •Canadian Rocky Mountains
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Maritime Provinces
Art Association
- •Canadian Art Club, Toronto
- •Ontario Society of Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Awards/Recognition
- •National Historic Person, Canadian Government Award
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Art Association of Montreal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art
- •Canadian Art Club, Toronto-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England