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1885 Brantford, Ontario, Canada - 1970 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Known for: Abstract landscape, genre and portrait painting.
Following are two biographies Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke. Biography from McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario. Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970). Born in Brantford,... Read full biography
Following are two biographies Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke. Biography from McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario. Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970). Born in Brantford, Ontario, into a wealthy, conservative and religious family, co-founders of Massey-Harris, Lawren Harris... Read full biography
Following are two biographies Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke. Biography from McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario. Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970). Born in Brantford, Ontario, into a wealthy, conservative and religious family, co-founders of Massey-Harris, Lawren Harris enjoyed much privilege in his youth. This enabled him to concentrate on his painting. At the age of nineteen he travelled to Germany, where he studied for three years. He returned home to serve in the... Read full biography
Following are two biographies Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke. Biography from McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario. Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970). Born in Brantford, Ontario, into a wealthy, conservative and religious family, co-founders of Massey-Harris, Lawren Harris enjoyed much privilege in his youth. This enabled him to concentrate on his painting. At the age of nineteen he travelled to Germany, where he studied for three years. He returned home to serve in the army and taught musketry at Camp Borden, Ontario. Following his discharge from the army, Harris organized the first of what were to become the famed boxcar trips to Algoma, Ontario. The last of these trips took place in 1921, when Harris and A.Y.... Read full biography
Following are two biographies Submitted to askART by M.D. Silverbrooke. Biography from McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario. Lawren S. Harris (1885 - 1970). Born in Brantford, Ontario, into a wealthy, conservative and religious family, co-founders of Massey-Harris, Lawren Harris enjoyed much privilege in his youth. This enabled him to concentrate on his painting. At the age of nineteen he travelled to Germany, where he studied for three years. He returned home to serve in the army and taught musketry at Camp Borden, Ontario. Following his discharge from the army, Harris organized the first of what were to become the famed boxcar trips to Algoma, Ontario. The last of these trips took place in 1921, when Harris and A.Y. Jackson went to the North Shore of Lake Superior. There, Harris encountered a stark and bare landscape - one t... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Non Objective
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Icebergs, Glaciers
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Non Objective Subject
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canadian Rocky Mountains
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •Group of Seven-Canadian
- •Transcendental Painting Group
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •HARPER'S WEEKLY, BAZAAR, MONTHLY Illustrator/Photos
- •Studio Building, Toronto-Resident
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Group of Seven: Art for a Nation, National Gallery