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b. 1866, St. John's, Newfoundland
d. 1934, Chambly, Quebec
Landscape painter. Resided in Montréal, 1870-88. Studied sculpture under Louis-Philippe Hébert, 1884-87. Lived in Paris, 1888-95. Studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1888, 1890-92, at Académie Colarossi, 1889, and at Académie Julian, 1889-90. Painted first Impressionist-inspired canvases, early 1890s. Associated with William Blair Bruce in Paris, 1892, and Grèz-sur-Loing, 1894. Returned to Montreal, 1895, and proceeded to depict native scenery in an Impressionist manner. Active in France, 1897 and 1900-02; Italy, 1890, 1900-02, and 1925; North Africa, circa 1893; Newfoundland, 1907-12. Painted in and around Quebec City, Montreal, the Laurentian Mountains, and Côte de Beaupré. Associated with a coterie of artists that included James Wilson Morrice, William Brymner, and Edmund Morris. Exhibited widely, including Paris Salons, Royal Canadian Academy, and Canadian Art Club. Taught at Art Association of Montreal, 1911-17, 1919-23, including outdoor classes at Beaupré and elsewhere. Official war-artist, Canadian War Records, 1918-1920. Resided in Chambly after 1931. Played a key role in the dissemination of Impressionism in Canada.
(Source: Carol Lowrey, Visions of Light and Air: Canadian Impressionism, 1885-1920. Americas Society Art Galley, New York: 1995. p. 142.)
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Featured Works:
Logging in Winter,Beaupré
1896
Oil on canvas
64 x 80 cm
Art Gallery of Hamilton,
Gift of the Women's Committee, 1956
Cape Diamond
1909
Oil on canvas
144.9 x 174.5 cm
Art Gallery of Hamilton,
Bequest of H.L. Rinn, 1995
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