Lionel Fielding Downes - Artist Info

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    Lionel Fielding Downes (1900 – 1972)

    A Canadian painter and war artist, Lionel Fielding Downes (aka: Lionel Fielding-Downes) was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England; immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his family in 1912; lived in Montreal; and, died in Ste-Foy, Quebec, a suburb of Quebec City. He exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. His works are in the permanent collections of the Canadian War Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts. (1)

    His mediums included oils, watercolors, and pastels. His subjects included portraits, street scenes, landscapes, figures, Indians, boating, shorelines, genre* (outdoor work and sports activities), an...

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