Artist: Lawren S Harris (1885 - 1970)
Nationality: Canadian
Movement: Modern Canadian School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Lawren Harris worked as a commercial artist in Toronto before joining the Arts and Letters Club 1908. Along with Arthur Lismer, Tom Thomson, and J.E.H. MacDonald, Harris helped to found a new uniquely Canadian style in which he painted nature as it was. With the help of benefactor, Dr. James, he founded the Studio Building for Canadian Art. His efforts gave rise to future generations of Canadian artists, notably the Group of Seven.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Three Harris tweed fragments, 1936
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Barkley Leonnard Hendricks - Sir Charles, Alias Willy Harris 1972 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Albion Warren Harris Bicknell, Landscape with a pond..., 19th - 20th century
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Zev (Dan Harris), Dans la cage (Paris: Galerie Furstenberg, 1957), 1957
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George White, Johannes Harris, 17th - 18th century
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Caroline Watson, Portrait of Sir James Harris, 18th - 19th century
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Robert White, Portrait of Johannes Harris, A.M. (age 37), 17th - 18th century
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J. Harris, Rochester, Inscribed to Sir Thomas Palmer, etc, 17th - 18th century
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George Vertue, Portrait of John Harris (ex History of kent, England), 1719
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Harris & Stanwood, 1839-1848 William C. Harris, about 1839-1848 Henry B. Stanwood, 1818-1868 Creampot (part
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Harris & Stanwood, 1839-1848 William C. Harris, about 1839-1848 Henry B. Stanwood, 1818-1868 Slop bowl
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Harris & Stanwood, 1839-1848 William C. Harris, about 1839-1848 Henry B. Stanwood, 1818-1868 Sugar bowl
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Laurence S. Harris, Goodbye, Dad, I"m off to fight for Old Glory - World War I poster, circa 1917 - 1918
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Kate Harris and William Hutton and Sons Title: Presentation Cup Date: 1901 Medium: silver,
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Interior of the Weston Havens House, Berkeley
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Zev (Dan Harris), untitled drawing of bird and nest, bound before last leaf of French text in the book Dans la cage (Paris: Galerie Furstenberg, 1957), 1957
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Zev (Dan Harris), untitled drawing of bird walking on spoon, bound before first leaf of English text in the book Dans la cage (Paris: Galerie Furstenberg, 1957), 1957
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Designed by Guy Louis Vernansal, French, late 17th–early 18th century Jean Baptiste Belin de Fontenay,
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Anne Harris - Second Portrait with Max 1996-97 oil on canvas Bowdoin College Museum of Art American
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Jane Harris - Pine 1999 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Medal United States, Massachusetts, (Boston), 1792 Silver Buhler, 1972, No. 444 Museum of Fine Arts,
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Evening Dress, 1950 Designed by Claire McCardell (American, 1905-1958)Americansilk, plastic; (a) L. at center back
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E. Landseer Harris - Village Street 1897 watercolor on board Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Anne Harris - Twin Study 1999 etching and drypoint Portland Museum of Art American
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Matthew Harris Jouett - James G. McKinney n.d. oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Julie Harris USA, 1991 Photograph,
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Matthew Harris Jouett - Augustus Fielding Hawkins c. 1820 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Ebenezer Moulton, 1768-1824 Pitcher United States, Massachusetts, (Boston), 1811 Silver 21.0 cm (8 1/4 in.)
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Cat, 330–30 B.C.E.; Ptolemaic period EgyptianBronze; H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1956
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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish, 1599-1660 Luis de Gongora y Argote 1622 Oil
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The Virgin Adored by Saints, ca. 1609 Scarsellino (Ippolito Scarsella) (Italian, Ferrarese, born about 1550,
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Harris & Stanwood, 1839-1848 Teapot (part of a five-piece service) United States, Massachusetts, (Boston), 1839-48
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Workshop of Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch, about 1450-1516 Instruments of the Passion of Christ Oil on
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch, about 1450-1516 Donor & Female Family Members with St Mary
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Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch, about 1450-1516 Ecce Homo Oil on panel 73 x 57.2 cm (28
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Marked by John Harris, English, active in after 1818 Casket Box London, England England, (London),
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Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch, about 1450-1516 Donor & Male Family Members with St John
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Bowl, 9th century; `Abbasid Attributed to IraqTin-glazed and stained earthenware; H. 2 3/8 in. (6
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Christ"s Descent into Hell Style of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, about 1550-60)Oil on wood; 21 x

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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McMichael Canadian Art Collection: Lawren Stewart harris: A Painters Progress
The artist moves slowly but surely through many transitions toward a deeper and more universal expression. From his particular love, and in the process of creating from it, he is led inevitably to universal qualities and toward a universa...
Carnegie Museum of Art: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
The museum is now seeking help from members of the community, familiar with the history of the era, to identify the people, places, and activities taking place in approximately 3700 images, many of which have never before been on display. App...
Fort Point Arts Community Gallery: Flat, Square, and on the Wall: Photographs by Peter Harris and Paintings by Adie Russell.
Peter Harris will be showing 5 large c-prints that continue his exploration of photography as a recording medium and the photograph as a material object in and of itself. The photographs shown will include cloud/grid, wire, and recent macro work...
Americas Society: LAWREN STEWART HARRIS: A PAINTER’S PROGRESS
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: Ed Ruscha
The show will consist of approximately sixty paintings, twenty-five drawings, and several books This exhibition is coordinated by Manilow Senior Curator Francesco Bonami. This exhibition has been organized by the Hirshh...
Physics Room: rear window: Emily Harris; Gala Kirke; Richard Lewer
All this voyeurism and curtain pulling allows connections and obsessions to develop with unknown people, whether based in reality or fantasy, or somewhere in between. Using techniques that reference popular media (reality television, E! Channel, c...
Leonardo Electronic Almanac, MIT: Call for Artists: LEA Special Issue - MultiMedia Performance
Guest Editors: Annette Barbier, Craig Harris and Marla Schweppe (mmedia@astn.net) http://mitpress2.mit.edu/e-journals/LEA/LEA2004/authors.htm#mmedia LEA encourages...
Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery: Intermedia Series
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Kontainer Gallery: Drawing Group Show: UK and American Artists
Jane Harris, winner of the 2002 Jerwood Drawing Prize, showed extensively throughout Europe and is having her first solo show in US at Kontainer Gallery in April 2004 and her first museum show is scheduled in 2005 at Aldrich Museum, Connecticut...
Monash Gallery: RE-TAKE : Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Photography
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Leeway Foundation: The Fine Art of Sculpture & Three-Dimensional Craft: Celebrating the 1999 Leeway Foundation Award Recipients
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Neuberger Museum of Art: Inner Eye: Contemporary Art from the Marc and Livia Straus Collection
In the 1960s, Marc and Livia Straus, residents of Chappaqua, New York, began collecting contemporary works which, at the time they were made, provoked the response, Is this artNULL ...
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery: Passport to Paradise: Works by Ian Carr-Harris, Janet Cardiff and
Ian Carr-Harris "In [Ian Carr-Harris‚s] accomplished works, Toronto‚s veteran conceptualist, teacher and former Ontario College of Art and Design librarian (he now teaches art at the college) presents extremes of materiality and ephemerality."...
Scotsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: LOOKING FORWARD LOOKING BLACK
As we enter the new millennium the natural tendency to reflect upon the past, and to think in historical terms, helps determine the way in which we move into the future. Looking Forw...
Transit Space: Above and Beyond
Fiona Carabines (UK) work explores her relationship with the environment. As in a scientific experiment, her work documents theoretical spatial interventions and hypothetical events within a real landscape, to create alternative rhythms of nature....
Fuller Museum of Art: Crafting Tales: Grimms Reinvented
Working in wood, metal, clay, glass and fiber the artists then created artwork based on the tales. The resulting work ranges from fanciful and dream-like to dark and menacing like the colorful stories on which they are based. Text from each of the...
Armory Center for the Arts: INLAND SPECIFIC
Artists presented at the Armory include Edgar Arceneaux, Byoung, Lisa Mann, Nancy Monk, Laura Parker, Ashley Thorner and Shirley Tse. Most of these artists have a strong relationship with ...
Texas Society of Sculptors: Real Art for Real People
The following artists were selected by juror Dan Hawkins:     Reynaldo Alaniz
  Sylvia Knust
Theresa Bayer
  George Mcfarland
Sandy Bonsell
  Bobby Pearl
Suzanne Bullock
  Dan Pogue
Nancy Ca...
Carnegie Museum of Art: Treasure Hunt: A Decade of Collecting Works on Paper
According to Carnegie Museum of Art's Associate Curator of Fine Arts Linda Batis, Treasure Hunt not only showcases important acquisitions, but also reveals the extent of the museum's collection of works on paper. We collect to overcome weaknes...
CAVE: Total Eclipse 2005: Paintings and Installation by Naoki Iwakawa
I do not view this as a loss.  Rather, I think it provides us with a chance to reevaluate our relationship with both the spiritual and material worlds. In my art, I attempt to express a more primal state in which we once lived and in whic...
Bellevue Art Museum: Carlos Mollura: Inflated Interventions
Mollura’s sculpture reveals itself in layers—much like a new toy that is packaged underneath cardboard and shrink wrap. The initial attraction to his work may come as a result of the shiny plastic newness, but over time, the viewer fills the simp...
Alexandria Black History Resource Center: Posing with Dignity: Photographing the Heroes of Our Community
Three significant photographers in the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection served as the inspiration for this exciting project: James VanDerZee, Gordon Parks, and Addison Scurlock. The work of these photographers s...
Kettle's Yard Gallery: FACE/OFF: a portrait of the artist
However, these are no conventional self-portraits. As the title suggests, there will be few, if any, faces in the exhibition. Rather, the works suggest alternative ways, perhaps more accurate, certainly more playful, by which an artist might po...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The Art of Richard Tuttle
The exhibition will showcase a definitive selection of Tuttle’s richly complex and highly diverse output from the mid-1960s to the present including sculptures, paintings, assemblages, works on paper, and artist books. The artist’s distinctive sty...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Surrounding Interiors: Views Inside the Car
This exhibition features 24 works by 17 contemporary artists in photography, video, sculpture, painting and multi-media who explore the mutable nature of the car interior. Works by artists Andrew Bush, Nan Goldin and Alex Harris (photography);...
BBC: Rolf On Art: Series to Recreate Full Size Version of ‘The Birth of Venus'
This is the most ambitious painting in terms of size and complexity that Rolf has undertaken as part of his show, which attracts viewing figures of 7 million and is said to be the favourite programme of the Controller of BBC1. It is the first time R...
City Gallery Wellington, 360-Michael Hirschfeld Gallery: Good Work: The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection
It takes a bold collector to buy artworks that have no permanent existence as physical objects. But Wellington couple Jim Barr and Mary Barr have never shied away from challenging or contentious works.From its origins in the early 1970s, the ...
Royal Festival Hall: MELTDOWN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Simon Leigh is the first photographer to be given full access to document the Meltdown festival which is now in its eighth year and has grown to become the South Bank's highest-profile and biggest-selling festival. Every year Melt...
York Quay Centre: Four Exhibitions Open Today as part of CONTACT‚02 Photography Festival
Seven photographers participated in the curatorial process of Roundabout by choosing an artist to be exhibited next to them in York Quay Gallery. The selection was initiated by curator Patrick Macaulay who chose David Hylnsky who then chose Justin...
University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach: Double Vision: Photographs from the Strauss Collection
Ted and Joyce Strauss began building their collection, which presently includes more than 550 photographs, in the early 1970s, a period during which the photographic arts enjoyed a surge of popularity. Founded upon a selection of seminal Amer...

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