Clara Isabella Harris (née Perry, October 13, 1887 – 1975) was a Canadian artist. She worked in the media of painting, watercolours, sculpture, sketching, and wood carving.

Education

She studied at

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and at its Summer School, with J.W. Beatty. George Agnew Reid, C.M. Manly, and

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and at the

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Biography

Clara Isabella Perry was born in King City,

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, Ontario on October 13, 1887, to Richard S. Perry and Elizabeth Hunter. She studied at the Ontario College of Art with J.W. Beatty and Archibald Barnes. She attended the

and exhibited in the 1907 Nineteenth Annual Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels and Miniatures by American Artists May 7 – June 16, 1907. She worked in oil, watercolours, and sketched to create landscapes, farm and Maritime scenes, as well as portraits. She worked on location in Toronto, parts of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, the Maritimes, Maine and Massachusetts travelling with friend and fellow artist Emily Louise Orr Elliott. Many of her works are documented with the date, time of day, location and weather conditions. Her paintings were exhibited at commercial galleries alongside but not limited to Emily Carr,

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, Mabel May, Kathleen Morris, Anne Savage (artist) and

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. She also showed her work at exhibitions of the

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with A.A. Innes, Frank Panabaker,

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, J.W Beatty, Archibald Barnes, Frank Carmichael, Manly MacDonald and others. At age 31 Clara married Frederick William Harris, a 27-year-old

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.The Art Gallery of Toronto, Grange Park, Catalogue, April,1932, p. 15. They lived at 23 Valleyview Gardens, Toronto where Clara had her studio, sold her art and conducted art classes.

Exhibitions

, May 7 - June 16, 1907, ''Nineteenth Annual Exhibit of Watercolors, Pastels and Miniatures''. * Art Gallery of Ontario - ''Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, March 1933.'' *''Artists Annual Non-Jury Exhibition, Canadian National Exhibition Art Gallery, Toronto, May 1–15, 1935.'' *

, Art Gallery of Ontario, March 5 – 29, 1943 * Old Mill Inn, Toronto, May 27, 2017, Permanent Exhibit Opened.
Doors Open Toronto

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and

Montgomery's Inn Montgomery's Inn is a museum in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario. Built in 1830 as a Georgian-style inn, it was named for its innkeeper, Thomas Montgomery (1790-1877). The inn ceased operations in 1856 and continued as a private farm house that was r ...

, May 26–28, 2017, ''Captured on Canvas and Captured on Camera.'' *

, Toronto, April 7, 2018, ''Cultural Heritage Landscapes, A Revisiting of 20th Century Landscapes Through the Paintings of Clara Harris.''
Art Works Art School
Toronto, April 12 – 19, 2018, ''Spring Salon, Adult Student Work.'' *

, Toronto, September 6 – October 1, 2018, ''Not Your Typical Sunday Driver.''
Ars Musica

, October 6 – November 22, 2018, ''Scenes From Joshua.'' *

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, April 5 – 14, 2018, ''BASH, Honouring Exceptional Women of 80 Years of Age or More.''
Helson Gallery
April 3 – June 9, 2018, ''Artists @ Work.'' *

RiverBrink Art Museum RiverBrink Art Museum is located on the Niagara Parkway in the historic village of Queenston, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Open to the public since 1983, the museum is home to a unique collection of over 1,400 works by Canadian and international artists. ...

, February 26 – September 5, 2020, ''Clara Harris.''

References

External links

Clara Harris Art
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Clara Isabella 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian landscape painters Artists from Ontario 1887 births 1974 deaths OCAD University alumni People from King, Ontario