Mary Riter Hamilton - Artist Info

About Mary Riter Hamilton

  • Biography

    Born in Teeswater, Ontario in 1873 to parents John and Charity Riter (nee Zimmerman). Mary moved to Clearwater, Manitoba as a small child. She spent her early years there and married Charles W. Hamilton in 1889. The newlyweds moved to Port Arthur where Charles became a "leading merchant" running one of the town's general stores. Mary returned to Manitoba in 1893 following Charles' death where she opened a china painting school. This was a very popular art form of the period and success soon followed. Following a brief period of study in Toronto, she departed for Europe to continue her education in 1901. She spent her first year in Berlin studying under Italian landscape artist Franz Skarbina. The following year she moved to Paris ...

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