About Arthur Heming

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    Arthur Henry Howard Heming ARCA, OSA, CSGA, ALC, CAA, SI (1870 - 1940)

    Arthur Henry Howard Heming (AKA: Arthur Heming) was a prominent Canadian painter, illustrator, writer, novelist and educator; famous for his numerous and extensive travels in the Canadian wilderness. His illustrations, essays and novels based on these exploits were widely published throughout Canada, the USA and Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century. (1)

    He was born in Paris, Ontario (a town about 50 miles south of Toronto and 20 miles west of Hamilton) and raised, from age 12, in Hamilton, Ontario where he died. He lived in the Toronto-Hamilton area most of his life. (2)

    His mediums were primarily oil, gouache and wate...

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