Lawren harris short biography
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Lawren harris short biography
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LAWREN HARRIS
1885 - 1970
Lawren Harris was the artist singly most responsible for the formation of The Group of Seven. A determined believer in the idea of a Canadian art movement, he sought out J.E.H.
MacDonald's acquaintance and was influential in convincing A.Y. Jackson to move to Toronto. He lent intellectual as well as financial support to fellow artists.
Born in Brantford, Ontario, into a wealthy family, cofounders of the Massey-Harris farm machinery company, he was freed from the necessity of making a living and could concentrate on painting.
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His financial independence allowed him to make several important contributions to the development of the Group's new ideas. In 1913, with his friend Dr. James McCallum, he financed the construction of the still existing Studio Building on Severn Street in Toronto, providing artists with cheap or free space where they could live and work.
It brought them closer to each other and the exchange of ideas must have be