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b. 1859, Hamilton, Ontario
d. 1906, Stockholm, Sweden
Figure, landscape and marine painter. Studied law and worked as an architectural draftsman before turning to art. Attended Hamilton Mechanics Institute, 1877, and studied privately under Henry Martin. Attended Académie Julian, Paris, 1881. Active in Paris and Barbizon, 1881-85. Lost two hundred paintings in a shipwreck in the St. Lawrence River, November 1885, and subsequently returned to Hamilton. Returned to Paris 1887. Active in Giverny, summer 1887 and winter 1888, where he painted his first Impressionist landscapes. Married Caroline Benedicks, a Swedish sculptor, 1888. Divided time between Paris and Grès-sur-Loing, and Lapland. Exhibited in Paris Salons and in London, Toronto, Munich, and Stockholm. Settled permanently in Visby, Gotland Island, Sweden, 1899. Retrospective exhibitions held at Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, and at Konstakademien, Stockholm, 1906.
(Source: Carol Lowrey, Visions of Light and Air: Canadian Impressionism, 1885-1920. Americas Society Art Galley, New York: 1995. p. 141.)
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Featured Works:
Giverny, France
1887
Oil on canvas
26.5 x 34.6 cm
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Bruce Memorial, 1914
Summer Days, France
n.d.
Oil on canvas
201.1 x 253 cm
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Bruce Memorial, 1914
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