Bess Larkin Housser Harris
Canadian painter, member of the Canadian Group of Painters
About Bess Larkin Housser Harris
Lived 1890 – 1969 (aged 78–79). Bess Larkin Housser Harris was a Canadian painter.
Bess Larkin Housser Harris (1890–1969) was a Canadian painter who participated in Group of Seven exhibitions and was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters.
Biography Bess Larkin was born in Brandon, Manitoba. She attended Havergal College in Toronto, Ontario. and in 1934 Bess married Lawren Harris. In 1940, they moved to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Harris did not have a formal art education, but she did take painting lessons from Frederick Varley. Throughout the 1920s she participated, when invited, to Group of Seven shows.
Record sale prices At the Heffel Auction, Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, Nov. 2024, LOT 113, Near Moraine Lake, oil on canvas, 44 x 54 3/4 in, 111.8 x 139.1 cm, Estimate: $50,000 – $70,000 CAD, Sold for: $133,250 (including Buyer's Premium).
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Canadian painter, member of the Canadian Group of Painters (1890–1969)
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Bess Larkin Housser Harris was born in 1890 in Manitoba.
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Bess Larkin Housser Harris died in 1969 in Vancouver.
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