Miners' Houses, Glace Bay

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Miners' Houses, Glace Bay
Lawren Harris Miners' Houses, Glace Bay 1925.png
Artist Lawren Harris
Year1925 (1925)
Medium Oil on canvas
Subject Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Dimensions107.3 cm× 127 cm(42.25 in× 50 in)
Location Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Miners' Houses, Glace Bay is a 1925 painting by Lawren Harris. The painting depicts the houses of working-class miners in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, reflecting the struggles of the people of industrial Cape Breton. The painting is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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Description

Miners' Houses, Glace Bay depicts an urban industrial landscape, featuring the working-class housing of miners in the community of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. [1] There are no humans visible in the painting, and it has been variously described as "bleak" or "eerie". The painting is intended to reflect the struggles of the people of industrial Cape Breton. [2]

History

Lawren Harris was a Canadian painter best known as one of the founding members of the Group of Seven. In 1925, Harris was in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia reporting on ongoing labour disputes in the coal mining industry for the Toronto Star . Inspired by the ordeal, he started painting Miners' Houses, Glace Bay while still in Cape Breton. He finished the painting when he returned to his studio in Toronto. It was his final painting depicting an urban industrial setting before he moved on to painting northern landscapes. [2]

The painting was featured on a postage stamp by Canada Post in 2020, as part of a set of seven stamps commemorating the centennial of the Group of Seven's first public exhibition. [3]

The painting is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. In 2025, the gallery loaned the painting to the Eltuek Arts Centre in Sydney, where it was put on public exhibition. [4]

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  • [AGO Insider] (5 May 2020). "Stamp of approval". AGO Insider. Art Gallery of Ontario. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  • Ayers, Tom (8 May 2025). "Group of Seven painting 'comes home' to Cape Breton in recognition of miners' struggle". CBC News . Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  • [Canada Post] (6 May 2020). "Group of Seven: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first exhibit". Canada Post Magazine. Canada Post. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  • Colello, TJ (24 April 2025). "'Miners' Houses, Glace Bay' painting to be exhibited at Eltuek Arts Centre". Cape Breton Post . Sydney, NS: Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  • Drake, Stephen J. W. (29 April 2025). "Iconic painting grim reminder of Cape Breton coal miners' bitter struggle". Cape Breton Post . Sydney, NS: Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  • Frank, David (4 July 2020). "Miners' houses: Lawren Harris in Glace Bay". The Nova Scotia Advocate. Archived from the original on 8 December 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  • Taylor, Kate (11 June 2025). "Unusual Lawren Harris painting showing in Nova Scotia to mark William Davis centenary". The Globe and Mail . Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company. Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.

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