About
Canadian painter known for being a landscape artist and one of the leading members of the Group of Seven, which asserted a common European national identity to their work. He was involved in the modernist movement. His later work shifted to abstract art.
Before Fame
He attended St. Andrew's College in Rosedale in Toronto. He attended the University of Toronto and studied in Berlin. In 1908, he joined the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto. In 1920, he formed the Group of Seven.
Trivia
He was the only member of the Group of Seven to align with American and European Modernism. He represented Canada at the International Exhibition of Modern Art in 1926. He painted his first abstract painting in 1934. He was the founder of the Federation of Canadian Artists in 1941 and served as the groups' president from 1944 to 1947.
Family Life
He was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He married Beatrice Phillips in 1910 and they had three children named Lawren P. Harris, Margaret Anne Harris, and Howard K. Harris. He left Beatrice Phillips after 24 years of marriage and married a woman named Bess Housser in 1934.
Associated With
He and Wyndham Lewis were both painters from Canada that were involved in the modernist movement.
