 Copy of Harris's painting Meeting of the Delegates of British North America, also known as The Fathers of Confederation. The original painting was destroyed when the Parliament Building was destroyed by fire in 1916. Robert Harris (18 September 1848 - 27 February 1919) was a Welsh-born Canadian painter most noted for his portrait of the Fathers of Confederation. Born in Ty'n-y-groes, Conwy, Wales, he came to Prince Edward Island with his family as a youth. He later studied in Boston, London's Slade School of Art, in Paris under Léon Bonnat, and in Rome. He travelled extensively, finally settling in Montreal. His commission to paint the Fathers of Confederation came early in his career - 1883 - and it established his reputation as a portrait artist. He was later commissioned by news publications of the day to create portraits of notable personalities, ranging from politicians to scounderels. For example, he made portraits of those accused of murdering the Donnelley's for the Toronto Globe. He was a founding member of the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA) and elected president of the RCA in 1893. An important collection of his works is housed at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. His painting, The Meeting of the School Trustees appeared on an Canadan stamp in 1980. He was married but had no children. A copy of this image from Wikibooks: [1] Meeting of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
A copy of this image from Wikibooks: [1] Meeting of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ...
1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Canadian Confederation, or the Confederation of Canada, was the process that ultimately brought together a union among the provinces, colonies and territories of British North America to form a Dominion of the British Empire, which today is a federal nation state simply known as Canada. ...
Conwy (formerly anglicised as Conway) is a town in Conwy county borough, North Wales, United Kingdom, which faces the resort of Llandudno across the Conwy Estuary. ...
For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom, England and Wales and England, see British Isles (terminology). ...
Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (Latin: The small under the protection of the great) Official languages None Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Lieutenant-Governor J. Léonce Bernard Premier Pat Binns (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 4 4 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked 13th 5,660 km...
Part of the University College London, the Slade School of Art was founded in 1868 as the result of an endowment by Felix Slade. ...
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (20 June 1833 - 1922) was a French painter. ...
Black Donnellys is the common nickname of the Donnelly family, a family that emigrated from County Tipperary, Ireland, to Canada about 1845-1846, and who participated in a notorious feud in Biddulph Township, Ontario. ...
The Globe and Mail is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ...
The Confederation Centre of the Arts opened in 1964 as a national monument to Canadas Fathers of Confederation. ...
He was the brother of the architect William Critchlow Harris.
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Further reading - Moncrieff Williamson, Robert Harris: An Unconventional Biography, Toronto: McLelland & Stewart, 1973.
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