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Birth
1878 (Cambridge, England)
Death
1958 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Lived/Active
Ontario/Nova Scotia / Canada/England
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Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada (1927)
Often Known For
marine, landscape, figure, and portrait painting, teaching
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Harry Britton RCA, OSA (1878 – 1958)
‘Harry Britton, in my estimation, was the best marine artist Canada ever had.’ – A.J. Casson, November 27,1988 (1)
A prominent Canadian painter and influential educator, Harry Britton was born in Cambridge, England and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life. (2)
His mediums included oil, watercolor and pastels. His best known subjects were fishermen, harbors, marine and coastal scenes; but he also did landscapes, sno (showing 500 of 6103 characters). |
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