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JOAN MURRAY
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Harris, Lawren Stewart
Author: JOAN MURRAY
Harris, Lawren Stewart , painter (b at Brantford, Ont 23 Oct 1885; d at Vancouver 29 Jan 1970). Catalyst and leader in the creation of theGROUP OF SEVEN , founding member and first president of the Canadian Group of Painters, and the painter who influenced JockMACDONALD , and through him other Toronto painters, to paint abstractly. Harris had a profound influence on 3 generations of art in Canada. Harris's father was Thomas Morgan Harris, the secretary of the A. Harris, Son and Co Ltd, a manufacturer of farm machinery which in 1891 amalgamated with Massey to form the ...