Collection’s Blog – Homer Watson History & Archives

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One of the questions we get asked the most in the Gallery is “what are those three little cabins on […]

We have some exciting news regarding the permanent collection at the Homer Watson House & Gallery! One of our historically […]

Photograph, Homer Watson in Gallery, c. 1906, Homer Watson House & Gallery Permanent Collection. When we talk about Homer Watson […]

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 […]