Bonnie Harris

American painter

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]
Spouse(s)| Frank Harris (1890-?); 5 children

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

## Early life and education[edit]

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

## Mid-life and career[edit]

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[edit]

Harris painted until her death in 1962, at age 91 or 92, in Jacksonville, Florida.[2]

## Notable collections sea scapes[edit]

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

## Notable exhibitions[edit]

* Solo retrospective, 1995, Hyde Park Art Center[4]
* Group show, 2001, Vassar College[6]
* "Outside In: Self-Taught Artists and Chicago", 2002, Smart Museum of Art[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "Harris, Bonnie, 1870-1962". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
2. ^ a b c d e f "Bonnie Harris". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
3. ^ "Bonnie Harris". askART. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
4. ^ a b c d "Bonnie Harris (1870-1962)". Hyde Park Art Center. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
5. ^ "102-Year-Old D.C. Artist Embraces A Century Of 'Dancing In The Wonder'". WAMU. 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
6. ^ a b c "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.
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.

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States