About Edmond Dyonnet

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    Edmond Dyonnet became a noted Canadian landscape and portrait painter, especially among wealthy persons in his resident city of Montreal, where he lived at 1207 Bleury Street. There he was one of the founders of the School of Fine Arts of Montreal and also became a professor of drawing at the Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. He was elected to membership of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, which he served as secretary and was also active in the Pen and Pencil Club and the Arts Club of Montreal.

    Dyonnet was born in France, but spent much of his early life in Italy, following his father there in 1868. Then he returned to France to his birth place of Drome. In May, 1875, he emigrated to Cana...

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