Lawren P. Harris

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Lawren P. Harris
Printmaker
SpouseElizabeth Anne Hammond (1914-2004) (m. 1934)

Lawren Phillips Harris RCA L.L. D. (October 10, 1910 – April 24, 1994) was a Canadian painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, printmaker, muralist, and art educator. He was known for the highly precise style and disciplined execution of his war art, portraits and abstractions. As an art educator and administrator at Mount Allison University, Harris made a considerable contribution to the arts in the Atlantic provinces.[1]

Biography

Harris' earliest influence was his father,

Northern Vocational School, Toronto, before spending a year as art master at Trinity College School
, Port Hope.

With the outbreak of

Official Second World War artist he remained with them in Italy as part of the 5th Armoured Division. In Italy, he worked for some time alongside Charles Comfort.[2]

Capt. Lawren Phillip Harris, war artist, Ortona, Italy, circa 1939-1945.

In 1946, he was appointed Director of the School of Fine and Applied Arts at

Banff School of Fine Arts.[3]

In 1954 he was one of eighteen Canadian artists commissioned by the

Canadian transcontinental train. Each of the murals depicted a different national or provincial park; Harris' was Fundy National Park.[4]

Lawren P. Harris held many solo exhibitions at Canadian universities and participated in numerous group shows, including a two-man show with Jack Humphrey at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1955. Among his many affiliations, he was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters, Ontario Society of Artists, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts,[5] and Maritime Art Association. Harris held honorary doctorates from Dalhousie University (1971)[6] and Mount Allison University (1976).[7] His work is held in numerous public institutions, including the National Gallery of Canada, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Canadian War Museum, Art Gallery of Ontario and Beaverbrook Art Gallery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Canadian Painting in the 30s". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "War Museum: Biography of Lawren P. Harris". Canadian War Museum. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Lawren P. Harris". Mount Allison University. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "The 50th Anniversary of the CPR Stainless Steel Passenger Fleet" (PDF). Canadian Rail (503): 211–223. November–December 2004.
  5. ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "Recipients". www.dal.ca. Dalhousie U. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Article". www.mta.ca. Mount Allison U. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
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