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]
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| Born | Bess Larkin 1890 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | 1969 (aged 78–79) Vancouver, Canada |
| Known for | Painter |
| Spouses | F. B. Housser (m. 1914–1934)Lawren Harris (m. 1934) |
Biography
editBess Larkin was born in Brandon, Manitoba.[1][2] 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,[citation needed] and in 1934 Bess married Lawren Harris.[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.[3] 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.[3] 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Milroy, Sarah, ed. (2021). Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Movement. Kleinburg, Ontario: McMichael Canadian Art Collection. p. 105. ISBN 9781773271194.
- ^ a b c "Bess Larkin Housser Harris". Heffel Fine Art. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ "Lawren Harris". The Art History Archive - Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
External links
edit- Bess Larkin Housser Harris images on Invaluable
- Bess Larkin Housser Harris images on AskArt