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1850 Norval, Ontario, Canada - 1938 Toronto, Ontario. Known for: Portrait painting of notables, Civil War soldiers, landscape, street scene, genre.
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster ARCA, OSA (1850 – 1938). An eminent Canadian portrait painter, writer and educator, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was born in Norval, Ontario and lived in Toronto, Ontario... Read full biography
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster ARCA, OSA (1850 – 1938). An eminent Canadian portrait painter, writer and educator, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was born in Norval, Ontario and lived in Toronto, Ontario from 1869 until his death (car accident). He is known for painting hundreds of commissioned portraits... Read full biography
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster ARCA, OSA (1850 – 1938). An eminent Canadian portrait painter, writer and educator, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was born in Norval, Ontario and lived in Toronto, Ontario from 1869 until his death (car accident). He is known for painting hundreds of commissioned portraits of leaders in politics, business, education, religion and the military. His diverse list of distinguished subjects includes Alexander Graham Bell, Queen Victoria, five Canadian Prime Ministers, the... Read full biography
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster ARCA, OSA (1850 – 1938). An eminent Canadian portrait painter, writer and educator, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was born in Norval, Ontario and lived in Toronto, Ontario from 1869 until his death (car accident). He is known for painting hundreds of commissioned portraits of leaders in politics, business, education, religion and the military. His diverse list of distinguished subjects includes Alexander Graham Bell, Queen Victoria, five Canadian Prime Ministers, the Emperor of Japan (Hirohito’s father), the wife of President Woodrow Wilson and several Confederate Generals. His works are in over two dozen important museum collections including the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the Canadian Museum of... Read full biography
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster ARCA, OSA (1850 – 1938). An eminent Canadian portrait painter, writer and educator, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was born in Norval, Ontario and lived in Toronto, Ontario from 1869 until his death (car accident). He is known for painting hundreds of commissioned portraits of leaders in politics, business, education, religion and the military. His diverse list of distinguished subjects includes Alexander Graham Bell, Queen Victoria, five Canadian Prime Ministers, the Emperor of Japan (Hirohito’s father), the wife of President Woodrow Wilson and several Confederate Generals. His works are in over two dozen important museum collections including the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa; and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. (1). His mediums included oils, watercolors, and pencil. His primary subjects... Read full biography
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John Wycliffe Lowes Forster ARCA, OSA (1850 – 1938)
An eminent Canadian portrait painter, writer and educator, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was born in Norval, Ontario and lived in Toronto, Ontario from 1869 until his death (car accident). He is known for painting hundreds of commissioned portraits of leaders in politics, business, education, religion and the military. His diverse list of distinguished subjects includes Alexander Graham Bell, Queen Victoria, five Canadian Prime Ministers, the Emperor of Japan (Hirohito’s father), the wife of President Woodrow Wilson and several Confederate Generals. His works are in over two dozen important museum collections including the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the Canadian Muse...But wait, there's more...
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