Bess Larkin Housser Harris
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1890
Bess Larkin Housser Harris | |
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| Born | Bess Larkin 1890 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | 1969 (aged 78–79) Vancouver, Canada |
| Known for | Painter |
| Spouses | F. B. Housser (m. 1914–1934)Lawren Harris (m. 1934) |
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.[1]
Bess Larkin was born in Brandon, Manitoba.[1][2] She attended Havergal College in Toronto, Ontario.[1] Bess married F. B. Housser in 1914. The two eventually divorced due to personal differences,[3] and in 1934 Bess married Lawren Harris.[4] After her marriage to Lawren Harris the two spent time in the United States.[5] 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.[4] Throughout the 1920s she participated, when invited, to Group of Seven shows.[1] In 1926, Harris participated in the Wembley show in England, and in 1930 her work was shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.[4] She was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters.
Harris contributed articles about art to the Canadian Bookman between 1923 and 1926.[1]
Harris died in 1969 in Vancouver.[1] Her work is in the collection of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.[6]
