Bonnie Harris

Bonnie Harris (born Rebecca Levine;[1] 1870–1962[1]) was an American artist.

Bonnie Harris
Born	Rebecca Levine[1] 1870[2] Chicago, Illinois, United States[2]
Died	1962 (aged 91–92)[2] Jacksonville, Florida, United States[2]
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting
Style	Still life Landscape Figurative Collage[3]

Early life and education

She was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1870.[2] Her birth name is Rebecca Levine.[1]

Mid-life and career

Harris lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago for 45 years. She also lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., and Colorado.[4] She had two daughters: Marilee Shapiro Asher and Eleanor Harris, both artists.[5]

She began painting when she was 79 years old, inspired by the painting career of her daughter, Eleanor.[4][5] She was self-taught. Her work was exhibited at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The Hyde Park Art Center described her style as using "bold colors reflecting a vision of a highly poetic everyday work."[4]

Later life, death and legacy

Harris painted until her death in 1962 in Jacksonville, Florida.[2]

Her daughter is Marilee is also a painter.[6]

Notable collections sea scapes

• Houses in Winter (Minneapolis), gouache on paper, 1953; Smithsonian American Art Museum[7]

Notable exhibitions

• Solo retrospective, 1995, Hyde Park Art Center[4]
• Group show, 2001, Vassar College[5]
• "Outside In: Self-Taught Artists and Chicago", 2002, Smart Museum of Art[8]

References

1. "Harris, Bonnie, 1870-1962". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
2. "Bonnie Harris". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
3. "Bonnie Harris". askART. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
4. "Bonnie Harris (1870-1962)". Hyde Park Art Center. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
5. "Three generations of artists exhibit at Vassar's Palmer Gallery". Office of Communications. Vassar College. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
6. "102-Year-Old D.C. Artist Embraces A Century Of 'Dancing In The Wonder'". WAMU. 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
7. "Houses in Winter (Minneapolis)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
8. "Outside In: Self-Taught Artists and Chicago". Smart Museum of Art University of Chicago. University of Chicago. Retrieved 15 December 2015.