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1866 Somerset, England - 1949 Toronto, Canada. Known for: Figure, portrait, architecture, scenic.
The following information was submitted in December of 2006 by Robert Ormerod:. One of Toronto's leading artists of the early twentieth century, Owen Staples emigrated to Canada at the age of four.... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in December of 2006 by Robert Ormerod:. One of Toronto's leading artists of the early twentieth century, Owen Staples emigrated to Canada at the age of four. Showing an early inclination for art, Staples completed studies under both Horatio Walker and George... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in December of 2006 by Robert Ormerod:. One of Toronto's leading artists of the early twentieth century, Owen Staples emigrated to Canada at the age of four. Showing an early inclination for art, Staples completed studies under both Horatio Walker and George Reid at the Art Students' League of Toronto before reaching the age of twenty. He then completed his artistic education under the famous American painter, Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia (1887-1888).... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in December of 2006 by Robert Ormerod:. One of Toronto's leading artists of the early twentieth century, Owen Staples emigrated to Canada at the age of four. Showing an early inclination for art, Staples completed studies under both Horatio Walker and George Reid at the Art Students' League of Toronto before reaching the age of twenty. He then completed his artistic education under the famous American painter, Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia (1887-1888). Staples first gained employment as an illustrator for the Toronto Evening Telegram, working there from 1885 to 1908. Thereafter he was appointed the historical painter for the John Ross Robertson Collection, as well as illustrating a number of books,... Read full biography
The following information was submitted in December of 2006 by Robert Ormerod:. One of Toronto's leading artists of the early twentieth century, Owen Staples emigrated to Canada at the age of four. Showing an early inclination for art, Staples completed studies under both Horatio Walker and George Reid at the Art Students' League of Toronto before reaching the age of twenty. He then completed his artistic education under the famous American painter, Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia (1887-1888). Staples first gained employment as an illustrator for the Toronto Evening Telegram, working there from 1885 to 1908. Thereafter he was appointed the historical painter for the John Ross Robertson Collection, as well as illustrating a number of books, executing commissioned murals, and producing a fine oeuvre of paintings, watercolours and etchings. Owen... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Art Teacher
- •George Agnew Reid
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto