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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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Keywords (51)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Style
- •Barbizon School of Painting
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Portraits: Notables, Society, Celebrity, Historical and/or Royalty
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Barbizon, France
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
- •France Before 1900
- •Germany Before 1900
- •India and/or Burma
- •Japan
- •Netherlands
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •United States
Art Association
- •Ontario Society of Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Charles Carolus-Duran Atelier
- •Charles Stuart Millard
- •Gustave Boulanger
- •John Wesley Bridgman
- •Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
- •Tony Robert-Fleury
- •William Bouguereau
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto), Teacher
- •South Kensington Art School, Royal College of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Commissioned Portraits
- •Portrait Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Canadian National Exhibition/Toronto Industrial Exhibition
- •Centennial Exposition 1876, Philadelphia
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Art Association of Montreal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art
- •Ontario Society of Artists-
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Beaverbrook Art Gallery/Museum
- •Vancouver Art Gallery
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons