Bonnie Harris Explained

Bonnie Harris
Birth Name:Rebecca Levine[1]
Birth Date:1870[2]
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States
Death Place:Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Nationality:American
Known For:Painting
Spouse:Frank Harris (1890-?); 5 children
Style:Still life
Landscape
Figurative
Collage[3]

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

Early life and education

Rebecca Levine was born to Harris Levine and Frances Myers in Chicago, Illinois in 1870.[2] [1]

Mid-life and career

She 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 five children, including two artist daughters: Marilee Shapiro Asher[5] and Eleanor Harris, both artists.[6] She began painting when she was 79 years old, inspired by the painting career of her daughter, Eleanor.[4] [6] 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, at age 91 or 92, in Jacksonville, Florida.[2]

Notable collections sea scapes

Notable exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harris, Bonnie, 1870-1962. Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. 15 December 2015.
  2. Web site: Bonnie Harris. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. 15 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Bonnie Harris. askART. 15 December 2015.
  4. Web site: Bonnie Harris (1870-1962). Hyde Park Art Center. 15 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222093843/http://www.hydeparkart.org/exhibitions/bonnie-harris-18701962. 22 December 2015. dead.
  5. Web site: 102-Year-Old D.C. Artist Embraces A Century Of 'Dancing In The Wonder'. 2015-07-24. WAMU. en-US. 2020-05-13.
  6. Web site: Three generations of artists exhibit at Vassar's Palmer Gallery. Office of Communications. Vassar College. 15 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150020/http://collegerelations.vassar.edu/2001/684/#. 2015-12-22. dead.
  7. Web site: Houses in Winter (Minneapolis). Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. 15 December 2015.
  8. Web site: Outside In: Self-Taught Artists and Chicago. Smart Museum of Art University of Chicago. University of Chicago. 15 December 2015.

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