history_e7qe78 – Homer Watson History & Archives

Passage to the Unknown

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,

Though people don’t tend to be the focus of most of Homer Watson’s paintings, small figures are still found within

Earlier in February this year, a painting by Jane Van Every was donated to Homer Watson House & Gallery. Born

In September 1955, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada unveiled a plaque at the Watson House commemorating the

A “still-life” is a piece of artwork that depicts inanimate objects, typically (but not always) everyday items arranged by the