Harry Watson (13 June 1871 – 17 September 1936) was an English landscape and portrait artist born in Scarborough. He briefly lived in Canada between 1881 and 1883.
Watson embraced En plein air painting, often capturing the effect of natural light falling to on to his subjects which gives many of his works an impressionistic style. His paintings Sunlight Reflected Upon a Wide Riverscape and Reflected Light are two examples which demonstrate his use of natural light.
His watercolour Across the River is in the permanent collection at the Tate Gallery. The Christchurch art gallery, Wellington art gallery and Brighton & Hove Museum & Art Gallery also have examples of his work. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1938 a memorial exhibition was held at Leamington Spa Art Gallery.
harry, watson, artist, harry, watson, june, 1871, september, 1936, english, landscape, portrait, artist, born, scarborough, briefly, lived, canada, between, 1881, 1883, harry, watsonborn, 1871, june, 1871scarborough, englanddied17, september, 1936, 1936, aged,. Harry Watson 13 June 1871 17 September 1936 was an English landscape and portrait artist born in Scarborough He briefly lived in Canada between 1881 and 1883 Harry WatsonBorn 1871 06 13 13 June 1871Scarborough EnglandDied17 September 1936 1936 09 17 aged 65 London EnglandNationalityEnglishKnown forPainterNotable workAcross the RiverTwo Boys Bathing in a RockpoolBiography editWatson studied at the Scarborough School of Art 1884 88 at Lambeth School of Art and at the Royal College of Art R C A 1889 94 where he won numerous gold silver and bronze medals and was awarded a traveling scholarship to Italy Watson exhibited at the Royal Academy R A from 1896 member R W S 1915 R W A 1927 R O I 1932 Taught at Regent Street Polytechnic from 1913 Watson embraced En plein air painting often capturing the effect of natural light falling to on to his subjects which gives many of his works an impressionistic style His paintings Sunlight Reflected Upon a Wide Riverscape and Reflected Light are two examples which demonstrate his use of natural light His watercolour Across the River is in the permanent collection at the Tate Gallery The Christchurch art gallery Wellington art gallery and Brighton amp Hove Museum amp Art Gallery also have examples of his work His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics 1 In 1938 a memorial exhibition was held at Leamington Spa Art Gallery Harry Watson was a lifelong friend of Fred Appleyard References edit Harry Watson Olympedia Retrieved 2 August 2020 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harry Watson 23 artworks by or after Harry Watson at the Art UK site Harry Watson Biography Archived 24 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harry Watson artist amp oldid 1169900287, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
