Harry Watrous

Harry Watrous
Born	Harry Willson Watrous (1857-09-17)17 September 1857 San Francisco
Died	10 May 1940(1940-05-10) (aged 82) New York
Notable work	Lake George Monster

Harry Willson Watrous (1857–1940) was an American artist, native of San Francisco. His painting cover stylized figural works, academic portraits, and night scenes. He joined the National Academy of Design in 1895, serving as its secretary from 1898 to 1920. He later became president of the academy from 1933 to 1934. He spent five years in Paris where he studied since 1881 at the Julian Academy and in Bonnat's atelier. He was influenced by Jean Leon Gerome and William Bouguereau and especially influenced by Jean Louis Meissonier.

Around 1905, Watrous' eyesight began to fail, and he changed his main subject from tiny genre scenes to idealized female figures.

His wife was artist and novelist Elizabeth S. Nichols.

Gallery

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  The Blue Goats, 1929. Private collection
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  Confidences
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  The Dregs, 1914. Private collection
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  Fallen Pine at Hague, Lake George
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  Girl with the Mirror. Private collection
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  Just a Couple of Girls, 1915. Brooklyn Museum
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  The Magician, c. 1900
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  The Passing of Summer, 1912, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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  The Slacker
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  Sophistication, 1908. Haggin Museum, Stockton, California

References

Sources

• Caldwell, John (1994), "Harry W. Watrous", in Kathleen Luhrs (ed.), American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. Vol. 1, Metropolitan Museum of Art, ISBN 9780870992445 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
• Conrads, Margaret (1990), "Harry Willson Watrous", American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, New York: Hudson Hills, ISBN 9781555950507
• Watrous, Harry Wilson, Haggin Museum
• Harry Willson Watrous, National Academy Museum
• The Passing of Summer, Metropolitan Museum
• Hall, Anthony (17 October 2014), "The House that Harry and Elizabeth Watrous Built", Lake George Mirror

External links

• Descendants of Jacob Waterhouse – family history at Genealogy.com
• The Drop Sinister – Review by A.J. O'Connell
• Harry Wilson Watrous – Entry at American Art Gallery
• Harry Wilson Watrous – Entry at Art Cyclopedia
• Harry Wilson Watrous – Entry at El Dibujante
• Artwork by Harry Watrous