Collection’s Blog – Homer Watson History & Archives

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In 2025, our team selected their favorite paintings from the collection for display in the main gallery hallway – a challenging task to say […]

In the late 19th century, china painting emerged as a refined and socially acceptable art form for Victorian women, and […]

It is no coincidence that our Writer’s Market falls on Phoebe Watson’s birthday, June 1st. At HWHG we celebrate many […]

Homer Watson was frequently patroned by Commander James Kenneth Levenson Ross, a Canadian businessman and art collector. Just after the […]

In April of 1934, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King met with Homer and Phoebe Watson at the siblings’ […]

The Doon School of Fine Arts opened in 1948 under the leadership of Bess and Ross Hamilton. Inspired by the […]

A Snapshot of Esson In 1852, George Esson of Preston, Ontario opened a photo gallery. The next year, 1853, on […]

For this year’s Historic Places Days, we are highlighting Phoebe Watson’s Palette Garden. Planted inside a ring of stones, the […]

Throughout his career, Homer Watson met and was in contact with many notable figures. One of which was Oscar Wilde, […]