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1849 Ty'n-y-Groes, Conwy, North Wales - 1919 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Known for: Portrait and mural painting, illustration, drawing, teaching.
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered... Read full biography
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered one of the most renowned portrait painters in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (3).... Read full biography
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered one of the most renowned portrait painters in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (3). He was also President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and Vice-President of the Ontario Society of Artists*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings;... Read full biography
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered one of the most renowned portrait painters in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (3). He was also President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and Vice-President of the Ontario Society of Artists*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings; most comprehensive Canadian art history books illustrate and discuss his work; and hundreds of his paintings, prints and drawings are in Canadian museums and public buildings.(4). Harris was born in Ty'n-y-Groes, Conwy, North Wales. He died in... Read full biography
Robert Harris CMG, RCA, OSA (1849-1919). Robert Harris was an important Canadian painter, muralist (1) illustrator (2), draftsman, educator and leader in the national art community. He was considered one of the most renowned portrait painters in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (3). He was also President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and Vice-President of the Ontario Society of Artists*. Most exhibitions that examine the history of Canadian art include his paintings; most comprehensive Canadian art history books illustrate and discuss his work; and hundreds of his paintings, prints and drawings are in Canadian museums and public buildings.(4). Harris was born in Ty'n-y-Groes, Conwy, North Wales. He died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which had been his home since 1883. His first home in North America was Charlottetown, Princ... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Realism/Semi Impressionism
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Waterscapes: Canals, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, Great Britain Before 1900, London
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Ontario Society of Artists
- •Pen and Pencil Club of Montreal
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Alexandre Cabanel
- •Leon Bonnat, Bonnat Atelier, Paris
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Heatherly School of Fine Art, London, Student
- •Lowell Institute-Boston, Student
- •Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto), Teacher
- •School of the Art Association of Montreal, Teacher
- •Slade School of Art, London, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •National Historic Person, Canadian Government Award
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Portrait Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Canadian National Exhibition/Toronto Industrial Exhibition
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
- •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
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Ontario Society of Artists-
- •Pen and Pencil Club of Montreal-
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Toronto (Art Gallery of Ontario)
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Exhibition of Special Group
- •The Work of Art: Six Artists, Canada
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England