Lawren stewart harris biography

Summary of Lawren Stewart Harris

Harris is one of Canada's most important and influential landscape artists. Infusing his paintings with a deep sense of spirituality, he emerged as a principal figure in the formation of the Group of Seven, a movement that brought the northern Canadian landscape to the attention of the international artworld for the first time.

Harris's painting style passed through three phases: from an Impressionistic, picturesque, style, through stark, elegantly minimalist, compositions, to a purely abstract art.

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But it is for the middle phase of his career that he remains most celebrated. These evocative scenes of isolated peaks, and vast expanses of land, water, and sky, are today considered some of the most important images in twentieth-century Canadian art.

Harris was a true patriot, and even a scandalous love affair that saw him exiled in America has not distracted from his contribution to Canada's cultural identity.

Accomplishments

• As leader of the Gro