Sybil Andrews linocut ed 14 of 50 Sybil Andrews was born in Bury St Edmunds England in 1898 She immigrated to Vancouver Island Canada in 1947 where she continued until 92 years of age to teach and make art In the late 1920 s Andrews studied with the English artist Claude Flight 1881 1955 at the Governor School in London Flight championed the linoleum block print as a simple and underrated art form

Franklin Arbuckle R C A oil on board Born 1909 studied at Ontario College of Art Toronto Elected to R C A 1937 member 1945 Twice winner of Jessie Dow Prize He had painted the Canadian Scenes from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland and from Lake Erie to the Arctic Circle

Frank Armington oil on canvas Frank Armington studied art in Toronto under J W L Forster and in Paris first at the Academie Julian under Benjamin Constant and Chaumiere under Lucien Simon Frank Armington first went to Paris in 1899 but returned to Canada with his wife Caroline 1875 1939 to teach art in Winnipeg from 1901 through 1905 During this period Robert Fulton Logan was among his students Re

Frank Armington oil on canvas Frank Armington studied art in Toronto under J W L Forster and in Paris first at the Academie Julian under Benjamin Constant and Chaumiere under Lucien Simon Frank Armington first went to Paris in 1899 but returned to Canada with his wife Caroline 1875 1939 to teach art in Winnipeg from 1901 through 1905 During this period Robert Fulton Logan was among his students Re

J M Barnsley watercolour Barnsley was born in West Flamborough Canada West today known as Dundas Ontario His childhood was marked by several tragedies the death of his father and sister the death of his uncle his mother s brother and the burning of the family business 1 As a result his mother Christina Barnsley 1829 1923 moved with him to St Louis Missouri United States where another brother lived

Maxwell Bates R C A oil on canvas RCA ASA CGP CSGA CSPWC 1906 1980 Born in Calgary Alberta he was largely a self taught painter printmaker and architect and is considered along with W L Stevenson an innovator of Expressionism in Canada He went to England in 1931 and after the war returned to Calgary where he was associated with Jock MacDonald He then went to New York and studied with Max Beckmann

Frederic Marlett Bell Smith R C A oil on canvas FM Bell Smith 1846 1923 Frederic Marlett Bell Smith was born in London the son of John Bell Smith He attended South Kensington Art Schools in London and The Academie Colarossi in Paris he studied under both his father and Alexander Harrison He came to Montreal in 1866 and worked as a photographer He was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Ar

Frederic Marlett Bell Smith R C A watercolour FM Bell Smith 1846 1923 Frederic Marlett Bell Smith was born in London the son of John Bell Smith He attended South Kensington Art Schools in London and The Academie Colarossi in Paris he studied under both his father and Alexander Harrison He came to Montreal in 1866 and worked as a photographer He was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Arti

Frederic Marlett Bell Smith R C A watercolour FM Bell Smith 1846 1923 Frederic Marlett Bell Smith was born in London the son of John Bell Smith He attended South Kensington Art Schools in London and The Academie Colarossi in Paris he studied under both his father and Alexander Harrison He came to Montreal in 1866 and worked as a photographer He was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Arti

Frederic Marlett Bell Smith R C A oil on canvas FM Bell Smith 1846 1923 Frederic Marlett Bell Smith was born in London the son of John Bell Smith He attended South Kensington Art Schools in London and The Academie Colarossi in Paris he studied under both his father and Alexander Harrison He came to Montreal in 1866 and worked as a photographer He was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Ar

Frederic Marlett Bell Smith R C A oil on board FM Bell Smith 1846 1923 Frederic Marlett Bell Smith was born in London the son of John Bell Smith He attended South Kensington Art Schools in London and The Academie Colarossi in Paris he studied under both his father and Alexander Harrison He came to Montreal in 1866 and worked as a photographer He was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Art

Frederic Marlett Bell Smith R C A watercolour FM Bell Smith 1846 1923 Frederic Marlett Bell Smith was born in London the son of John Bell Smith He attended South Kensington Art Schools in London and The Academie Colarossi in Paris he studied under both his father and Alexander Harrison He came to Montreal in 1866 and worked as a photographer He was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Arti

Frederic Marlett Bell Smith R C A watercolour FM Bell Smith 1846 1923 Frederic Marlett Bell Smith was born in London the son of John Bell Smith He attended South Kensington Art Schools in London and The Academie Colarossi in Paris he studied under both his father and Alexander Harrison He came to Montreal in 1866 and worked as a photographer He was a founding member of the Society of Canadian Arti

Harry Britton R C A oil on panel lt p gt Harry Britton was born in Cambridge England and moved to Toronto with his parents in 1881 he began his art education in Toronto under the tutiledge of Farquar McGillivray Knowles from 1902 1908 He then returned to England to study at the Heatherley School of Art from 1909 1911 He taught at St Ives in Cornwall where he met his future wife Henrietta Hancock w

Stanley Cosgrove R C A oil on canvas 1911 2002 Painter Muralist draughtsman Stanley Morel Cosgrove born of Irish and French parentage in Montreal Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts Montreal and at the school of the Art Association of Montreal under Edwin H Holgate Won a Province of Quebec prize for painting in 1939 and worked in Mexico with Jose Clemente Orozco until 1944 Won a Canadian governmen

Berthe Des Clayes A R C A pastel 1877 1968 Born in Aberdeen Scotland Berthe studied in England with B Herkomer at the Bushey School of Art England and with Tony Robert Fleury and Jules Lefebvre at the Academie Julian Paris She lived in London 1906 12 before moving to Montreal in 1912 where she painted mainly rural scenes She travelled and lived in England and France 1919 20 England 1920 31 Montrea

Berthe Des Clayes A R C A oil on board 1877 1968 Born in Aberdeen Scotland Berthe studied in England with B Herkomer at the Bushey School of Art England and with Tony Robert Fleury and Jules Lefebvre at the Academie Julian Paris She lived in London 1906 12 before moving to Montreal in 1912 where she painted mainly rural scenes She travelled and lived in England and France 1919 20 England 1920 31 M

LL Fitzgerald oil on canvas Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald was born in Winnipeg Manitoba in 1890 His boyhood summers had been spent on his grandmother s farm and a deep love of the prairies remained with him all of his life After leaving school he wrote quot I worked in a wholesale drug office and finding the job not quite satisfying I felt the first real urge to draw so I got some drawing paper a penc

Clarence Gagnon R C A oil on board Clarence Gagnon is best known for his rural Quebec landscape paintings and the illustrations for Louise H mon s novel Maria Chapdelaine Gagnon was also an award winning printmaker a passionate outdoorsman and an active promoter of Quebec handicrafts Clarence Gagnon was born in a small village in rural Quebec Although he trained and maintained a studio in Paris fo

Henry George Glyde R C A oil on canvas board Throughout his long career as an artist and teacher in Calgary Banff and Edmonton English born and educated Henry G Glyde was a key player in the development of art in Alberta over a 30 year period starting in 1935 In his practice and teaching Glyde promoted the development of a distinctive view of Western Canada based on direct observation and interact

Henry George Glyde R C A oil on panel Throughout his long career as an artist and teacher in Calgary Banff and Edmonton English born and educated Henry G Glyde was a key player in the development of art in Alberta over a 30 year period starting in 1935 In his practice and teaching Glyde promoted the development of a distinctive view of Western Canada based on direct observation and interaction wit

Henry George Glyde R C A oil on panel Throughout his long career as an artist and teacher in Calgary Banff and Edmonton English born and educated Henry G Glyde was a key player in the development of art in Alberta over a 30 year period starting in 1935 In his practice and teaching Glyde promoted the development of a distinctive view of Western Canada based on direct observation and interaction wit

James Henderson oil on board James Henderson born on August 21 1871 in Glasgow Scotland is considered to be Saskatchewan s pre eminent first generation artist An early aptitude to sketch and draw led to an apprenticeship in lithography complemented by night courses at the Glasgow School of Art where he was influenced by the resident and then popular Scottish Impressionists Following employment in

Randolph S Hewton oil on canvas

Illingworth Kerr R C A oil on canvas board Illingworth Holey Kerr quot Buck quot painter illustrator writer b at Lumsden Sask 20 Aug 1905 d at Calgary 6 Jan 1989 Kerr attended Central Technical School Toronto and Ontario College of Art He also studied at Westminster School of Art London in 1936 and returning to Canada taught at Vancouver School of Art 1945 47 In 1947 he became director of the art

Illingworth Kerr R C A oil on canvas board Illingworth Holey Kerr quot Buck quot painter illustrator writer b at Lumsden Sask 20 Aug 1905 d at Calgary 6 Jan 1989 Kerr attended Central Technical School Toronto and Ontario College of Art He also studied at Westminster School of Art London in 1936 and returning to Canada taught at Vancouver School of Art 1945 47 In 1947 he became director of the art

Illingworth Kerr R C A oil on canvas board Illingworth Holey Kerr quot Buck quot painter illustrator writer b at Lumsden Sask 20 Aug 1905 d at Calgary 6 Jan 1989 Kerr attended Central Technical School Toronto and Ontario College of Art He also studied at Westminster School of Art London in 1936 and returning to Canada taught at Vancouver School of Art 1945 47 In 1947 he became director of the art

Illingworth Kerr R C A oil on canvas board Illingworth Holey Kerr quot Buck quot painter illustrator writer b at Lumsden Sask 20 Aug 1905 d at Calgary 6 Jan 1989 Kerr attended Central Technical School Toronto and Ontario College of Art He also studied at Westminster School of Art London in 1936 and returning to Canada taught at Vancouver School of Art 1945 47 In 1947 he became director of the art

Illingworth Kerr R C A oil on board Illingworth Holey Kerr quot Buck quot painter illustrator writer b at Lumsden Sask 20 Aug 1905 d at Calgary 6 Jan 1989 Kerr attended Central Technical School Toronto and Ontario College of Art He also studied at Westminster School of Art London in 1936 and returning to Canada taught at Vancouver School of Art 1945 47 In 1947 he became director of the art departm

Illingworth Kerr R C A oil on canvas Illingworth Holey Kerr quot Buck quot painter illustrator writer b at Lumsden Sask 20 Aug 1905 d at Calgary 6 Jan 1989 Kerr attended Central Technical School Toronto and Ontario College of Art He also studied at Westminster School of Art London in 1936 and returning to Canada taught at Vancouver School of Art 1945 47 In 1947 he became director of the art depart

Farquhar McGillivray Knowles watercolour 1859 1932 Farquhar McGillivray Knowles was born in 1859 in Syracuse NY but shortly after his family moved to Canada where he received his early education in Guelph Ontario As a young man he pursued a career in the military which was put to an end after suffering a serious accident From there his artistic pursuits began He studied art in New York under Willi

A C Leighton A R C A hand coloured lithograph 1901 1965 Born in Hastings Sussex England he received his formal education at Hastings and in London at the Hornsey School He had no formal painting lessons but received advice and criticism from a friend E Leslie Badham R B A Leighton did paintings for a commercial organization It was while he was filling a commission for this firm at Mansion House an

A C Leighton A R C A hand coloured lithograph 1901 1965 Born in Hastings Sussex England he received his formal education at Hastings and in London at the Hornsey School He had no formal painting lessons but received advice and criticism from a friend E Leslie Badham R B A Leighton did paintings for a commercial organization It was while he was filling a commission for this firm at Mansion House an

Maud Lewis oil on board Maud Lewis 1903 1970 was born to John and Agnes Dowley on the Yarmouth and Acadian Shore of Nova Scotia Although there is some debate about her exact birth place recent research has revealed that Maud was born in the town of Yarmouth NS As a child Maud spent most of her time alone mostly because she felt uncomfortable about her differences around the other children She had

Charles MacDonald Manley watercolour

Marmaduke Matthews R C A watercolour lt p gt Born in Barcheston Warwickshire England the eldest son of Marmaduke Matthews and Maria Southam His family moved to Fifield Oxfordshire where he spent his early youth He attended Cowley School Oxford and then London University His parents wanted him to enter commercial life and he spent three years working for a German publishing and importing house in L

Irene McCaugherty watercolour lt p gt 1914 1996 lt p gt lt p gt A painter of imagined pasts and invented histories Irene McCaugherty s works reflect an interest in narrative and story telling She first turned to art as a therapeutic practice when recovering from an illness and only began painting later in life Having lived most of her life in Lethbridge Alberta she became enthralled by its history

George Pepper R C A oil on board lt p gt A native of Ottawa George Pepper studied for four years at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto 1920 1924 and then went to Italy and France to perfect his technique notably at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris He lived first in Ottawa and then Toronto where he began to teach at the Ontario College of Art in 1930 He became vice principal of that

Walter Joseph Phillips R C A watercolour 1884 1963 Born in Barton Upon Humber England Phillips studied under Edward Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art 1899 1902 He moved to South Africa 1903 1908 before he immigrated to Winnipeg 1913 1924 1925 40 before settling in Calgary Alberta in 1941 He is best known for his colour woodcuts from 1917 influenced by Japanese colour woodcut techniques and th

Walter Joseph Phillips R C A colour woodcut 1884 1963 Born in Barton Upon Humber England Phillips studied under Edward Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art 1899 1902 He moved to South Africa 1903 1908 before he immigrated to Winnipeg 1913 1924 1925 40 before settling in Calgary Alberta in 1941 He is best known for his colour woodcuts from 1917 influenced by Japanese colour woodcut techniques and

Walter Joseph Phillips R C A coloured woodcut 1884 1963 Born in Barton Upon Humber England Phillips studied under Edward Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art 1899 1902 He moved to South Africa 1903 1908 before he immigrated to Winnipeg 1913 1924 1925 40 before settling in Calgary Alberta in 1941 He is best known for his colour woodcuts from 1917 influenced by Japanese colour woodcut techniques a

Walter Joseph Phillips R C A colour woodcut ed 88 of 200 1884 1963 Born in Barton Upon Humber England Phillips studied under Edward Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art 1899 1902 He moved to South Africa 1903 1908 before he immigrated to Winnipeg 1913 1924 1925 40 before settling in Calgary Alberta in 1941 He is best known for his colour woodcuts from 1917 influenced by Japanese colour woodcut t

Walter Joseph Phillips R C A colour woodcut ed 50 1884 1963 Born in Barton Upon Humber England Phillips studied under Edward Taylor at the Birmingham School of Art 1899 1902 He moved to South Africa 1903 1908 before he immigrated to Winnipeg 1913 1924 1925 40 before settling in Calgary Alberta in 1941 He is best known for his colour woodcuts from 1917 influenced by Japanese colour woodcut techniqu

Robert Pilot R C A oil on board lt div gt Robert Wakeham Pilot was born in St John s Newfoundland 1898 His widowed mother married the Canadian artist Maurice Cullen in 1910 and they went back to Cullen s home in Montreal Young Robert often assisted his stepfather doing chores in the studio and thus learned the craft from the bottom up He also attended night classes at the Monument National and lat

David Pugh oil on canvas

Ren Richard oil on board

William Ronald R C A oil on canvas William Ronald n Smith painter b at Stratford Ont 13 Aug 1926 d at Toronto Ont 9 Feb 1998 Ronald s abstract expressionism influenced an era in Canadian art he was the catalyst who organized Painters Eleven the first abstract painting group in Ontario in 1953 His gift lies in his work s spontaneity dynamism and energy and in his natural talent for handling paint A

Allen Sapp acrylic on canvas

York Wilson R C A oil on masonite Ronald York Wilson painter b at Toronto Ont 6 Dec 1907 d there 10 Feb 1984 Wilson studied commercial art at Central Technical School and first worked at Brigden s engraving house in Toronto 1926 where he was influenced by Charles COMFORT and Will OGILVIE Wilson was first recognized for paintings of the burlesque such as those he exhibited with the Canadian Group o

Nicholas N de Grandmaison oil on canvas

Nicholas de Grandmaison pastel lt p gt Best known for his portraits of First Nations people de Grandmaison s oeuvre covered the whole of western Canada capturing many of the west s key figures including politicians business giants and religious leaders Along the way he was named an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy and he received the Order of Canada and an honourary degree from the U

Nicholas de Grandmaison pastel lt p gt Best known for his portraits of First Nations people de Grandmaison s oeuvre covered the whole of western Canada capturing many of the west s key figures including politicians business giants and religious leaders Along the way he was named an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy and he received the Order of Canada and an honourary degree from the U