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1822 Dublin, Ireland - 1914 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Known for: Landscape, portrait, still life, marine, and genre painting, photography.
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and... Read full biography
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are... Read full biography
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are not only treasured for their aesthetics but, equally for their documentation of life in early Canada. He was born in Dublin, Ireland; emigrated to Canada in 1851; and died in Toronto, Ontario where he... Read full biography
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are not only treasured for their aesthetics but, equally for their documentation of life in early Canada. He was born in Dublin, Ireland; emigrated to Canada in 1851; and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life. His primary medium was watercolor. However, there are also works by him in oil, gouache*, ink, ink wash, pencil, pastel, mixed mediums, hand colored etching*, wood engraving* and lithography*. He, apparently, also worked... Read full biography
William Wallace Armstrong (AKA: William Armstrong) (1) was a painter, photographer, illustrator and educator. His watercolors of 19th-century frontier life, in a style similar to Paul Kane (2) and George Catlin, are extraordinary first hand images of the Victorian era. Consequently, his works are not only treasured for their aesthetics but, equally for their documentation of life in early Canada. He was born in Dublin, Ireland; emigrated to Canada in 1851; and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived most of his life. His primary medium was watercolor. However, there are also works by him in oil, gouache*, ink, ink wash, pencil, pastel, mixed mediums, hand colored etching*, wood engraving* and lithography*. He, apparently, also worked in collodion wet-plate photography (3); however, few photographs have survived; the author was unable to find an example... Read full biography
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About William Wallace (WA) Armstrong: Keywords
Keywords (54)
Art Method
- •Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
- •Collodion Plates, Photography
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
- •Albumen Silver Print
- •Engraving, Engraver
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Gouache
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
Art Subject
- •City Scenes with Streets, Buildings, Figures and/or Genre
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Harbor, Harbour View
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mining Scenes, Mining Towns, Miners
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Railroad Scenes, Railway Art
- •Still Life
- •Totem Poles, Haida First Nations Culture
- •Trees, Woodland and Forest Interiors, Tree Landscapes
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
- •Waterscapes: Canals, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canadian Rocky Mountains
- •Mount Rainier
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
Art Association
- •Art Association of Montreal (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)
- •Ontario Society of Artists
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Expedition Artist of Drawings, Paintings, and/or Photographs
- •Railroad Promotion Commissioned Artist
- •Watercolor Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Roberts Gallery, Toronto
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855
- •Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art, National Gallery
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
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa