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Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada (1927)
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