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1892 Toronto, Ontario - 1980 Toronto, Ontario. Known for: Realist and photo-real painting of figures, landcapes, interiors, still life, genre and war.
Kenneth Forbes. Kenneth Forbes O.C. (1892 – 1980). A prominent Canadian painter and war artist, Captain Kenneth Keith Forbes was born in Toronto, Ontario where, other than for schooling and war (1908... Read full biography
Kenneth Forbes. Kenneth Forbes O.C. (1892 – 1980). A prominent Canadian painter and war artist, Captain Kenneth Keith Forbes was born in Toronto, Ontario where, other than for schooling and war (1908 – 1924), he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was a member of the Ontario Society of... Read full biography
Kenneth Forbes. Kenneth Forbes O.C. (1892 – 1980). A prominent Canadian painter and war artist, Captain Kenneth Keith Forbes was born in Toronto, Ontario where, other than for schooling and war (1908 – 1924), he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists* and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and a founder of the Ontario Institute of Painters*. His works are in the collections of numerous museums including the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool,... Read full biography
Kenneth Forbes. Kenneth Forbes O.C. (1892 – 1980). A prominent Canadian painter and war artist, Captain Kenneth Keith Forbes was born in Toronto, Ontario where, other than for schooling and war (1908 – 1924), he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists* and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and a founder of the Ontario Institute of Painters*. His works are in the collections of numerous museums including the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, the Canadian War Museum and the National Gallery of Canada. He was one of the first recipients of the Order of Canada*. Quote: “It is clear from the passion of his two battle scenes that the reality of war was experienced, not simply depicted.... Read full biography
Kenneth Forbes. Kenneth Forbes O.C. (1892 – 1980). A prominent Canadian painter and war artist, Captain Kenneth Keith Forbes was born in Toronto, Ontario where, other than for schooling and war (1908 – 1924), he lived for the rest of his life and died. He was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists* and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and a founder of the Ontario Institute of Painters*. His works are in the collections of numerous museums including the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, the Canadian War Museum and the National Gallery of Canada. He was one of the first recipients of the Order of Canada*. Quote: “It is clear from the passion of his two battle scenes that the reality of war was experienced, not simply depicted. In 1914, he became a private in the Stock Exchange Battalion of the British Army’s Royal Fusiliers. In France, while serving with the... Read full biography
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Keywords (41)
Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
- •France After 1900
Art Association
- •Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
- •Ontario Institute of Painters
- •Ontario Society of Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art Teacher
- •Charles Quiller Orchardson
- •Henry Tonks
- •John Colin Forbes
- •Philip Wilson Steer
- •Stanhope Alexander Forbes
Art School
- •New Art School, London
- •Slade School of Art, London, Student
- •St. John's Wood, Art School, London, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Order of Canada, Elected Member
- •Thomas R. Proctor Prize, National Academy of Design
Added Description
- •Commissioned Portraits
- •War Artist
Artist Colony
- •Newlyn School, Art Colony in Coast of Cornwall, England
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Canadian National Exhibition/Toronto Industrial Exhibition
- •New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Ontario Society of Artists-
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- •Society for Sanity in Art
Exhibition of Museum
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •Museum London, Ontario
- •Tate Gallery, London
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of Arts, London