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Harry Wilson Watrous
Harry Wilson Watrous
Born	September 17, 1857; San Francisco, California
Died	May 10, 1940 (aged 82); New York City
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting
Awards	National Academy of Design, Clarke Prize (1894), Carnegie Prize (1931), President (1933)

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Harry Wilson Watrous (1857 — 1940) was an American painter and illustrator. As a young man (1883-1888), he was known as one of the few cabinet painters of the 1880s creating small paintings with great attention to detail in the style of seventeeth-century Dutch masters such as Metsu, Terborch, and Vermeer.^[1]

Biography

Watrous was born in San Francisco, CA on Sept. 17, 1857. After studying in Paris, he settled in New York City. Watrous died on May 10, 1940, in New York City.

Professional Life

Watrous studied cabinet painting in Paris (1881-1886) at studied at the Julian Academy and in Bonnat's atelier. His early art was influenced by Jean Leon Gerome, William Bouguereau, and Jean Louis Meissonier. His later art was simpler, more stylistic, primarily due his failing eyesight beginning in 1905. A Watrous illustration, Some Little Talk of Me and Thee There Was, was used as the cover of the March 1, 1911, issue of Ladies' Home Journal.^[2]^[3]

Watrous held memberships in the Lotus Club, the Salmagundi Club, and the NA. He was a member of NAD and served as secretary from 1895-1920 and as president in 1933.

Expositions

1894-1934 - NAD
1901 - Pan American Expo, Buffalo, medal
1904 - Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis
1905 - Lewis & Clark Expo, Portland
1937 - Grand Central Gallery, New York City, solo

Gallery

Just a Couple of Girls, Brooklyn Museum

Works

Cabinet Paintings

L'Addition, c. 1883-1888
Lost, c. 1883-1888
Mending the Fishing Rod, c. 1883-1888
Records, c. 1883-1888
The Guitar Player, c. 1883-1888

Other Works

References

^ Mantle Fielding (1 January 1986). Mantle Fielding's dictionary of American painters, sculptors and engravers. Apollo Book. ISBN 978-0-938290-04-9. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ The National Arts Club: http://www.nationalartsclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=337082&ssid=235582&vnf=1
^ "The Ladies Home Journal" cover, March 1, 1911, Harry W. Watrous--http://www.flickr.com/photos/46135171@N04/6945966662/

Sources

Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, American Painters of Yesterday and Today, 1919, Priv. print in New York. Chapter: Early Genre Pictures by Harry W. Watrous: http://www.archive.org/stream/americanpainters00sheriala#page/54/mode/2up

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[Fielding1986-1] Mantle Fielding (1 January 1986). Mantle Fielding's dictionary of American painters, sculptors and engravers. Apollo Book. ISBN 978-0-938290-04-9. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

[2] The National Arts Club: http://www.nationalartsclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=337082&ssid=235582&vnf=1

[3] "The Ladies Home Journal" cover, March 1, 1911, Harry W. Watrous--http://www.flickr.com/photos/46135171@N04/6945966662/

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Harry Wilson Watrous
Born	(1857-09-17)September 17, 1857 San Francisco, California
Died	May 10, 1940(1940-05-10) (aged 82) New York City
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting
Awards	National Academy of Design, Clarke Prize (1894), Carnegie Prize (1931), President (1933)