About Peter Haworth

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    Peter Haworth RCA, OSA, CGP, CSPWC (1889-1986)

    Peter Haworth was a painter, illustrator, and teacher who was born in Lancaster, England and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1923, where he lived the rest of his life. His mediums were acrylic, oil, watercolor, mixed mediums and stained glass. His subjects were primarily landscapes and coastal views. His mature paintings were an expressionist style using vibrant and sometimes arbitrary colors and geometric shapes.

    He studied at the Manchester School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London under Sir William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945) and Robert Anning Bell (1863 - 1933), graduating in 1922. In Toronto he was Director of Art (1929 - 1955) at the Toronto ...

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