Lawren Harris
Nationality: Canadian
Training: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Slade School of Art, London
Group: Group of Seven; Canadian Group of Painters; Ontario Society of Artists; Vancouver Art Gallery council; 20th century
Peers: Tom Thomson; J.E.H. MacDonald; Arthur Lismer; Franklin Carmichael; Frank Johnston; Frederick Varley; A.Y. Jackson
Provenance: purchased from the artist by the Founders in 1950
Subject: landscape; land based nationalism; theosophy; abstraction
Other Works in the Vancouver Art Gallery Collection
Lawren Harris
Mount Thule, Bylot Island, 1930
oil on canvas
Gift of the Vancouver Art Gallery Women's Auxiliary
VAG 49.6
Lawren Harris
Red House and Yellow Sleigh, c. 1920
oil on burlap
Vancouver Art Gallery, Founders' Fund
VAG 50.3
Lawren Harris
First Snow, North Shore of Lake Superior1923
oil on canvas
Vancouver Art Gallery, Founders' Fund
VAG 50.4
Lawren Harris
Island, MacCallum Lake1921
oil on burlap
Transfer from Women's Auxiliary Provincial School Loan Scheme
VAG 65.23
Lawren Harris
North Shore of Lake Superior, c. 1926
oil on wood panel
Transfer from Women's Auxiliary Provincial School Loan Scheme
VAG 65.33
Lawren Harris
Composition No. 1, 1940
oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. And Mrs. Sidney Zack and McLean Foundation Funds
VAG 65.35
Lawren Harris
Autumn: Design for a Panel, 1945
oil on paperboard
Gift of the Vancouver Art Gallery Women's Auxiliary
VAG 68.20
Lawren Harris
Geometrical Abstraction (Transatlantic), 1939
oil on canvas
Gift of Dr. And Mrs. T. Ingledow, Vancouver
VAG 70.10
Lawren Harris
Untitled (Rocky Mountains), 1924
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.9
Lawren Harris
Untitled (Rocky Mountains), 1924
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.10
Lawren Harris
Untitled (Rocky Mountains), 1926
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.11
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1939
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.12
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1940
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.13
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1935
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.14
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1927
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.15
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1927
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.16
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1938-1940
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.17
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1934
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.18
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1935
pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. Margaret H. Knox
VAG 81.19
Lawren Harris
Study for Resolution, 1935
graphite on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.1
Lawren Harris
Untitled #765, 1957
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.2
Lawren Harris
Untitled #766, 1958
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.3
Lawren Harris
Study for Composition 10, 1937
graphite on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.4
Lawren Harris
Untitled #768, 1950
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.5
Lawren Harris
Untitled #769, 1957
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.6
Lawren Harris
Untitled #770, 1948
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.7
Lawren Harris
Untitled #771, 1945
graphite on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.8
Lawren Harris
Untitled #772, 1933
graphite on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.9
Lawren Harris
Untitled #773, 1936
graphite on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.10
Lawren Harris
Untitled # 774, 1950
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.11
Lawren Harris
Untitled #775, 1956
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.12
Lawren Harris
Untitled #776, 1957
graphite on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.13
Lawren Harris
Untitled #777, 1958
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.14
Lawren Harris
Untitled #778, 1954
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.15
Lawren Harris
Study for Lyric Theme, 1954-1955
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.16
Lawren Harris
Study for Lyric Theme, 1954-1955
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.17
Lawren Harris
Untitled #783, 1951
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.18
Lawren Harris
Untitled (Landscape), 1949
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.19
Lawren Harris
Untitled #785, 1956
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.20
Lawren Harris
Untitled #786, 1955
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 85.21
Lawren Harris
Untitled #787, 1950
graphite and charcoal on paper
Gift of Mrs. Peggy Knox
VAG 88.22
Lawren Harris
Untitled, 1939
oil on hardboard
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 86.55
Lawren Harris
The Spirit of Remote Hills, 1957
oil on canvas
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 86.56
Lawren Harris
Mount Lefroy, 1927
pencil on wove paper
Gift of Gordon and Marion Smith
VAG 91.42
Lawren Harris
Eclipse of the Spirit, c. 1954
oil on canvas
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 92.17
Lawren Harris
Untitled (Armoire), 1906
watercolour and pencil on paper
Gift of Mrs. James Knox
VAG 92.44.1
Lawren Harris
Untitled (Old Houses, Toronto), 1912
pencil on wove paper
Gift of Mrs. James Knox
VAG 92.44.2
Lawren Harris
Rocky Mountains, 1925
ink on card
Gift of Mrs. James Knox
VAG 92.44.3
Lawren Harris
Sketch for Abstraction, 1938
oil and pencil on hardboard
Gift of Margaret Knox
VAG 94.50.1
Lawren Harris
Abstraction (L), 1967
oil on canvas
Gift of Margaret Knox
VAG 94.50.2
Lawren Harris
Abstraction (R), c. 1965
oil on canvas
Gift of Margaret Knox
VAG 94.50.3
Lawren Harris
Felling, 1909
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Review Board and the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 94.77.1
Lawren Harris
Trimming, 1909
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Review Board and the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 94.77.2
Lawren Harris
Skidding, 1909
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Review Board and the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 94.77.3
Lawren Harris
Loading, 1909
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Review Board and the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 94.77.4
Lawren Harris
Landing, 1909
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Review Board and the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 94.77.5
Lawren Harris
Tramping it in a Blizzard, 1909
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Review Board and the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 94.77.6
Lawren Harris
Tramping the Logging Roads from Camp to Camp, 1909
oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of the Government of Canada through the Cultural Property Review Board and the Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 94.77.7
Lawren Harris
Beaver Dam, Algoma, c. 1960
oil on canvas
Gift of the Estate of Patrica Eileen Becher
VAG 95.38
Lawren Harris
Atma Buddhi Manas, c. 1965
oil on canvas
Gift of Margaret Knox
VAG 95.40.1
Lawren Harris
Sketch Painted in Vancouver Art Gallery, c. 1955
oil on hardboard
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Knox
VAG 95.40.2
Lawren Harris
Mountain, Maligne Lake, c. 1951
oil on canvas
Gift of Dr. Abraham and Mrs. Naomi Greenberg
VAG 95.45.8
Lawren Harris
Lake Superior Sketch LXI, November, Lake Superior, 1927
oil on panel
Anonymous Gift
VAG 97.21
Lawren Harris
Earl's Court, Toronto Suburb II, c. 1920
oil on wood panel
Gift of Margaret Knox
VAG 97.36.1
Lawren Harris
Untitled (721), c. 1940
graphite on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 97.36.2
Lawren Harris
Untitled (598), c. 1940
graphite on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 97.36.3
Lawren Harris
Untitled (745), c. 1940
graphite on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 97.36.4
Lawren Harris
Untitled (716), c. 1940
graphite on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 97.36.5
Lawren Harris
Untitled (717), c. 1940
graphite on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 97.36.6
Lawren Harris
Untitled (725), c. 1940
graphite on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 97.36.7
Lawren Harris
Untitled (720), c. 1940
graphite on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 97.36.8
Lawren Harris
Untitled (715), c.1940
graphite on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 97.36.9
Lawren Harris
Near Mitchell Lake, Batchawana, Algoma, c.1918
oil on panel
Gift of John Becher and Julie Melnick
VAG 97.60
Lawren Harris
Rocky Mountain Sketchbook, 1941
pencil on paper
Gift of Margaret H. Knox
VAG 99.23
Lawren Harris
Mountain Sketch XXI (Moraine Lake), c. 1927
oil on paperboard
Anonymous Gift
VAG 99.24.2
Lawren Harris
Mount Thule, Bylot Island, 1930
oil on paperboard
The Parnell Bequest
VAG 2000.39.2
Lawren Harris
Tamarack Swamp, Algoma, 1920
oil on canvas
Gift of Margaret Harris Knox
VAG 2001.27
Lawren Harris
Autumn Landscape, c.1910
oil on composition board
Gift of Clemencia and Stewart Sheppard
VAG 2003.21
