Bess Larkin Housser Harris

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Bess Larkin Housser Harris
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Born
Bess Larkin

1890 (1890)
Manitoba, Canada
Died1969 (aged 78–79)
Vancouver, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)
F. B. Housser
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(m. 1914⁠–⁠1934)​

Lawren Harris
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(m. 1934)​

Bess Larkin Housser Harris (1890–1969) was a Canadian painter who participated in Group of Seven exhibitions and was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters.[1]

Biography[]

Bess Larkin was born in 1890 in Manitoba.[1] She attended Havergal College in Toronto, Ontario.[1] Bess married F. B. Housser in 1914. The two eventually divorced when Bess discovered Housser's affair with the artist Yvonne McKague, and in 1934 Bess married Lawren Harris.[2][3] After her marriage to Lawren Harris the two spent time in the United States.[4] In 1940 they moved to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Harris did not have a formal art education, but she did take painting lessons from Frederick Varley.[2] Throughout the 1920s she participated, when invited, to Group of Seven shows.[1] In 1926, Harris participated in the Wembley show in England, and in 1930 her work was shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.[2] She was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters.

Harris contributed articles about art to the Canadian Bookman between 1923 and 1926.[1]

Harris died in 1969 in Vancouver.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Harris, Bess Larkin Housser". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Bess Larkin Housser Harris". Heffel Fine Art. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Bess Larkin Housser Harris". Arctic Experience McNaught Gallery. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Lawren Harris". The Art History Archive - Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

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