Thomas Erat Harrison

Thomas Erat Harrison (1858–1917) was an English artist who made sculptures, medals, paintings, and stained glass.[1]

Biography

Harrison was born in St John's Wood, London; his father was a builder.[2] He was active between 1885 and 1910. He exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, at the Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colour, and Architectural Designs at Nottingham Castle Museum, and at the Art Workers Guild. Among his works are streetscapes and portraits.[1][3][4][5]

He contributed a painting to an 1882 book Bedford Park, celebrating the then-fashionable garden suburb of that name.[6]

He made stained glass for churches such as the Church of St John the Baptist, Newport.[7] He made a set of 12 stained glass windows for Betteshanger House in Kent, based on Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene; the windows depict the months of the year with their signs of the zodiac.[8][9]

  • Dictys discovers Danae & the infant Perseus, gouache with wash and black chalk, 1880
    Dictys discovers Danae & the infant Perseus, gouache with wash and black chalk, 1880
  • School of Art, Stores and Tabard Inn, 1882
    School of Art, Stores and Tabard Inn, 1882
  • 'November Astride the Centaur' drawing for stained glass at Betteshanger House, Kent, 1880s, alluding to Sagittarius and The Faerie Queene
    'November Astride the Centaur' drawing for stained glass at Betteshanger House, Kent, 1880s, alluding to Sagittarius and The Faerie Queene

References

  1. ^ a b "Thomas Erat Harrison". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951 University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database. 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "HARRISON Thomas Erat 1853-1917". Artist Biographies. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Harrison, Thomas Erat (British sculptor, painter, and engraver, 1853-1917)". Union List of Artist Names Online. The J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Harrison, Thomas Erat". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Thomas Erat Harrison (1858-1917)". Nonesuch Gallery. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. ^ Dollman, John Charles; Hargitt, Edward; Harrison, Thomas Erat; Jackson, F. Hamilton; Nash, Joseph Jr.; Paget, H. M.; Rooke, Thomas; Trautschold, Manfred; Brooks, Vincent; Carr, Jonathan T.; Berry, Berry F. (1882). Bedford Park. Harrison and Sons. OCLC 193146366.
  7. ^ "Thomas Erat Harrison (1858-1917)". Stained Glass in Wales. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Thomas Erat Harrison: An Inventory of His Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center". University of Texas. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ Farmer, Norman K. Jr. (1990). ""A Monument Forever More": "The Faerie Queene" and British Art, 1770 – 1950". The Princeton University Library Chronicle. 52 (1): 25–77. doi:10.2307/26403783. JSTOR 26403783.