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Lawren Phillips Harris

Lawren Phillips Harris (1910 - 1994) was active/lived in New Brunswick, Ontario / Canada.  Lawren Harris is known for Combat artist, abstract painting, printmaking, teaching.

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 Lawren Phillips Harris LL.D, RCA, CGP, OSA, MAA (1910 - 1994)

An eminent Canadian war artist, influential art educator, painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman, Lawren Phillips Harris was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Ottawa, Ontario, where he had lived since the late 1970s. Most comprehensive Canadian art history books and virtually all comprehensive Canadian war art books (written since World War II) discuss Harris's work. His almost surrealistic paintings of tank warfare, such as Battleground before Ortona (CWM) and Tank Advance, Italy (CWM), are frequently reproduced or mentioned as illustrations of war art. After World War II, as an art school administrator and professor, he was one of the first to introduce and advance the study of abstract art in Canada. Harris's paintings and prints, done before, during, and after World War II, have been widely exhibited and are in the permanent collections of several major museums including the National Ga   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 15629 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Lawren Phillips Harris

   Lawren Phillips Harris  Born:  1910 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died:   1994 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Known for:  Combat artist, abstract painting, printmaking, teaching

 Lawren Phillips Harris LL.D, RCA, CGP, OSA, MAA (1910 - 1994)

An eminent Canadian war artist, influential art educator, painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman, Lawren Phillips Harris was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Ottawa, Ontario, where he had lived since the late 1970s. Most comprehensive Canadian art history books and virtually all comprehensive Canadian war art books (written since World War II) discuss Harris's work. His almost surrealistic paintings of tank warfare, such as Battleground before Ortona (CWM) and Tank Advance, Italy (CWM), are frequently reproduced or mentioned as illustrations of war art. After World War II, as an art school administrator and professor, he was one of the first to  ...  Displaying 750 of 15629 characters.

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