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Robert S. Harris
Robert or Rob Harris may refer to: Entertainment * Robert Harris (painter) (1848–1919), Canadian painter * Robert Harris (English actor) (1900–1995), English actor * Robert H. Harris (1911–1981), American actor * Robert Harris (poet) (1951–1993), Australian poet * Robert Harris (novelist) (born 1957), British novelist * Robert A. Harris (born 1945), American film preservationist * Robert J. Harris (writer) (born 1955), Scottish academic and author * Robert S. Harris (programmer), video game programmer * J. Robert Harris (1925–2000), U.S. composer of the 1967 Spider-Man television series theme * Rob Harris (musician), Rob Harris, guitarist with Jamiroquai and Shuffler Politics and law * Robert Harris (Pennsylvania politician) (1768–1851), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania * Robert Harris (Utah politician) (died 2005), member of the Utah House of Representatives * Robert E. Harris (1935–1996) member of the Virginia House of Delegates * Robert O. Harris (1854–1926), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Harris (painter)
Robert Harris (September 18, 1849 – February 27, 1919) was a Welsh-born Canadian painter, most noted for his portrait of the Fathers of Confederation. Early life Born in Caerhun, Conwy, Wales, Robert Harris grew up on his father’s farm before moving to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in 1856. Encouraged by his mother, he developed an interest in art, and to practice drawing he often sketched images from magazines. In 1867, he travelled to Liverpool, where he independently studied and sketched from the plaster casts in the local museum, learning human anatomy and proportion. Already skilled in portraiture, and receiving commissions, he decided to pursue formal instruction in 1873 in Boston at the Lowell Institute, in London at the Slade School of Art with Alphonse Legros (1877) and at the Heatherly School of Fine Art (1877), and, finally in Paris with Léon Bonnat at the Atelier Bonnat later that same year. In 1880, he was commissioned to sketch the principal parties i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |