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George William Harris Collection

George William Harris: A Visionary American Artist Whose Brushstrokes Brought Landscapes to Life (1866-1933) Born in Pennsylvania

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls; Mrs. C.A. Munn, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls; Mrs. C.A. Munn, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls; Mrs. C.A. Munn, 1913

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls
Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls, 1913

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Dr. Frederick F. Friedman, L. with Dr. Hundt, His Secretary, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dr

Dr. Frederick F. Friedman, L. with Dr. Hundt, His Secretary, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Dr. Frederick F
Dr. Frederick F. Friedman, L. with Dr. Hundt, His Secretary, 1913

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls And Katharane Elkins, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls And Katharane Elkins, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Friendship Charity Fete - Gladys Ingalls And Katharane Elkins, 1913

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Charles Gordon Edwards, Rep. from Georgia, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Charles Gordon Edwards, Rep. from Georgia, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Charles Gordon Edwards, Rep
Charles Gordon Edwards, Rep. from Georgia, 1914. Rep. 1907-1917, 1925-1931

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Charles Gordon Edwards, Rep. from Georgia, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Charles Gordon Edwards, Rep. from Georgia, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Charles Gordon Edwards, Rep
Charles Gordon Edwards, Rep. from Georgia, 1914. Rep. 1907-1917, 1925-1931

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Thomas A. Edison, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Thomas A. Edison, 1916. US inventor

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: William Cushing Edes, Civil Engineer; Chairman, Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1914

William Cushing Edes, Civil Engineer; Chairman, Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
William C. Edes, Civil Engineer; Chairman, Alaskan Engineering Commission, 1914. The Alaskan Engineering Commission (AEC) was a U.S

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Crown Mother with Exhibit of Dolls, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Crown Mother with Exhibit of Dolls, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Crown Mother with Exhibit of Dolls, 1915
Crown Mother with Exhibit of Dolls, 1915. First World War - sign reads: Contributions Gratefully Received

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Major Benedict Crowell, U.S.A. Assistant Secretary of War, at Desk, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Major Benedict Crowell, U.S.A. Assistant Secretary of War, at Desk, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Major Benedict Crowell, U.S.A. Assistant Secretary of War, at Desk, 1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Robert Crosser, Rep. from Ohio, Right, with T.K. Giragossian, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Robert Crosser, Rep. from Ohio, Right, with T.K. Giragossian, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Robert Crosser, Rep
Robert Crosser, Rep. from Ohio, Right, with T.K. Giragossian, 1917. Rep. 1913-1923. Armenian inventor Garabed T. K. Giragossian claimed he had developed a perpetual motion device

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Lillian Cromlein receiving seed from Tumulty, National Emergency War Garden Comm. 1917

Lillian Cromlein receiving seed from Tumulty, National Emergency War Garden Comm. 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Lillian Cromlein receiving seed from Tumulty, National Emergency War Garden Commission, 1917. Joseph Patrick Tumulty (centre) was the private secretary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Robert O. Bailey, Assistant Secretary of The Treasury, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Robert O

Robert O. Bailey, Assistant Secretary of The Treasury, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Robert O
Robert O. Bailey, Assistant Secretary of The Treasury, 1913

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal - Canal Boat, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal - Canal Boat, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal - Canal Boat, 1917
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal - Canal Boat, 1917. The C&O Canal operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C. and Cumberland, Maryland

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas. Center, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas. Center, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas
Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas. Center, 1914

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep

Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas, 1913
Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas, 1913. Rep. 1903-1923

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep

Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas, 1913
Philip Pitt Campbell, Rep. from Kansas, 1913. Rep. 1903-1923

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Mrs. Parmlee Campbell, Woman Mail Carrier - Delivering Mail... 1917 Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs

Mrs. Parmlee Campbell, Woman Mail Carrier - Delivering Mail... 1917 Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Parmlee Campbell, I.E.Permelia, Woman Mail Carrier - Delivering Mail To Mrs. Nellie McGrath, 1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Annie Campbell - Portrait, 1933. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Annie Campbell - Portrait, 1933

Annie Campbell - Portrait, 1933. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Annie Campbell - Portrait, 1933. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Annie Campbell - Portrait, 1933

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Deutschland - German Submarine at Baltimore, 9-10 July 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Deutschland - German Submarine at Baltimore, 9-10 July 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Deutschland - German Submarine at Baltimore, 9-10 July 1916. In the quarantine area. First World War, USA

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Japanese seedling (1917) General Pershing

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Japanese seedling (1917) "War Mother"

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Japanese and Chinese Varieties for Greenhouse Cultivation

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Department of Agriculture Chrysanthemum Show, 1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Democratic National Convention, Manuel Quezon, Resident Commissioner from Philippines, 1912

Democratic National Convention, Manuel Quezon, Resident Commissioner from Philippines, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Democratic National Convention, Manuel Quezon, Resident Commissioner from Philippines, 1912

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Delegates from Venezuela, 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Delegates from Venezuela, 1920

Delegates from Venezuela, 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Delegates from Venezuela, 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Delegates from Venezuela, 1920

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Delegates from Haiti, 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Delegates from Haiti, 1920

Delegates from Haiti, 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Delegates from Haiti, 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Delegates from Haiti, 1920

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: U.S.S. Delaware with U.S.S. Kansas And Arkansas, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S.S

U.S.S. Delaware with U.S.S. Kansas And Arkansas, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. U.S.S. Delaware with U.S.S
U.S.S. Delaware with U.S.S. Kansas And Arkansas, 1913

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Frederic Adrian Delano, Left, with Charles S. Hamlin, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Frederic Adrian Delano, Left, with Charles S. Hamlin, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Frederic Adrian Delano, Left, with Charles Sumner Hamlin, 1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Reginald F. Del Valle, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Reginald F. Del Valle, 1913

Reginald F. Del Valle, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Reginald F. Del Valle, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Reginald F. Del Valle, 1913. Reginaldo Francisco del Valle

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Defrees, Joseph Holton, of Chicago, Vice President of Chamber of Commerce of U.S... 1918

Defrees, Joseph Holton, of Chicago, Vice President of Chamber of Commerce of U.S... 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Joseph Holton Defrees of Chicago, Vice President of Chamber of Commerce of U.S. Left, with F.A. Seilberling, 1918. Frank Seiberling co-founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: James T. Dean, Colonel, U.S.Army, Right, with Lt. Col. Ireland, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

James T. Dean, Colonel, U.S.Army, Right, with Lt. Col. Ireland, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. James T
James Theodore Dean, Colonel, U.S.Army, Right, with Lt. Col. Ireland, 1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: William Rufus Day, Secretary of State, Associate Justice of Supreme Court, 1913

William Rufus Day, Secretary of State, Associate Justice of Supreme Court, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
William Rufus Day, Secretary of State, Associate Justice of Supreme Court, 1913. Secretary of State 1898; Associate Justice of Supreme Court 1902-1922

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: W. D. Daw, Confederate Veteran, Confederate Reunion, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. W. D

W. D. Daw, Confederate Veteran, Confederate Reunion, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. W. D
W. D. Daw, Confederate Veteran, Confederate Reunion, 1917. Lapel ribbon: 30th Annual Reunion - Mexican War - Excelsior Springs...1908

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Davis, Member of Congress, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Davis, Member of Congress, 1913

Davis, Member of Congress, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Davis, Member of Congress, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Davis, Member of Congress, 1913. James Harvey Davis, Cyclone Davis, Rep. from Texas 1915-1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Rufus Hardy and James Harvey Davis, Cyclone Davis, Reps. from Texas, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Rufus Hardy and James Harvey Davis, Cyclone Davis, Reps. from Texas, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Rufus Hardy and James Harvey Davis, Cyclone Davis, Reps. from Texas, 1916. Rufus Hardy, Rep. 1917-1923; James Harvey Davis, Rep 1915-1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Benjamin Davis, Sec. Bryan, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Benjamin Davis, Sec. Bryan, 1913

Benjamin Davis, Sec. Bryan, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Benjamin Davis, Sec. Bryan, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Benjamin Davis, Sec. Bryan, 1913. Possibly a portrait of a civil servant, assistant to William Jennings Bryan

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Joseph Edward Davies, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission. Playing Golf, 1917

Joseph Edward Davies, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission. Playing Golf, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Joseph E. Davies, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission. Playing Golf, 1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: James Sanford Davenport, Rep. from Oklahoma, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

James Sanford Davenport, Rep. from Oklahoma, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. James Sanford Davenport, Rep
James S. Davenport, Rep. from Oklahoma, 1913. Rep. 1907-1909, 1911-1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: James Sanford Davenport, Rep. from Oklahoma, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

James Sanford Davenport, Rep. from Oklahoma, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. James Sanford Davenport, Rep
James S. Davenport, Rep. from Oklahoma, 1913. Rep. 1907-1909, 1911-1917

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Daughters of American Revolution - President And Mrs. Wilson, Col. Harts

Daughters of American Revolution - President And Mrs. Wilson, Col. Harts... 1916 Creator: Harris & Ewing
Daughters of the American Revolution [event] - President [Woodrow] And Mrs. Wilson, Col. Harts And Others Leaving D.A.R. Hall By Side Entrances, 1916

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Target Practice, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs

Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Target Practice, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Target Practice, 1913
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Target Practice, 1913. American suffragist leader and writer Addie Worth Bagley Daniels leaving the Mayflower with her husband Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the US Navy

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Mrs. Josephus Daniels, with Sec. Daniels Boarding Mayflower. Allied Commission, 1917

Mrs. Josephus Daniels, with Sec. Daniels Boarding Mayflower. Allied Commission, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, with Sec. Daniels Boarding Mayflower. Allied Commission, 1917. American suffragist leader and writer Addie Worth Bagley Daniels with her husband Josephus Daniels

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Mrs. Josephus Daniels - Mrs. Woodrow Wilson First Breakfast, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs

Mrs. Josephus Daniels - Mrs. Woodrow Wilson First Breakfast, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Josephus Daniels - Mrs. Woodrow Wilson First Breakfast, 1913. American suffragist leader and writer Addie Worth Bagley Daniels

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Frank A. Daniels, Target Practice, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frank A

Frank A. Daniels, Target Practice, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frank A. Daniels, Target Practice, 1913
Frank A. Daniels, Target Practice, 1913. Son of US politician Josephus Daniels and suffragist Addie Worth Bagley, sitting by the wheel of the US Navy ship Dolphin

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Frank A. Daniels, Right, with Brother Jonathan Daniels, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frank A

Frank A. Daniels, Right, with Brother Jonathan Daniels, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frank A
Frank A. Daniels, Right, with Brother Jonathan Daniels, 1915. Sons of US politician Josephus Daniels and suffragist Addie Worth Bagley

Background imageGeorge William Harris Collection: Frank A. Daniels, Right, with Brother Jonathan Daniels, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frank A

Frank A. Daniels, Right, with Brother Jonathan Daniels, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Frank A
Frank A. Daniels, Right, with Brother Jonathan Daniels, 1915. Sons of US politician Josephus Daniels and suffragist Addie Worth Bagley



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George William Harris: A Visionary American Artist Whose Brushstrokes Brought Landscapes to Life (1866-1933) Born in Pennsylvania, George William Harris dedicated his life to capturing the raw beauty of nature through his art. His mastery of light, color, and composition transformed ordinary landscapes into extraordinary works of art. Harris's artistic journey began in earnest after a visit to the Paris World's Fair in 1878, where he was inspired by the Impressionist movement. He studied under some of the greatest artists of the time, including Jean-Léon Gérôme and Jules Lefebvre. Upon returning to the United States, Harris settled in New York City and became a founding member of the American Watercolor Society. He traveled extensively throughout the country, painting landscapes from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast. Despite facing financial hardships and personal loss, Harris's passion for art never wavered. His works are a testament to his resilience and his deep connection to the natural world. Today, his paintings are cherished by collectors and art lovers alike for their vibrant colors, dynamic brushstrokes, and evocative depictions of America's diverse landscapes.