Extended Artist Biographies

Eva Therasa Bradshaw

Eva Therasa Bradshaw

Eva Therasa Bradshaw (1871-1938), RCA, was born in London, Ontario, where she was raised on a farm by her adoptive parents, John and Marion Bradshaw. When Bradshaw was still a...

Eva Therasa Bradshaw

Eva Therasa Bradshaw (1871-1938), RCA, was born in London, Ontario, where she was raised on a farm by her adoptive parents, John and Marion Bradshaw. When Bradshaw was still a...

Florence Wyle

Florence Wyle

Florence Wyle (1881-1968), RCA. Florence Wyle was born in Trenton, Illinois into a strict and traditional family. As a child, she enjoyed sports and excelled in school. Against her family’s...

Florence Wyle

Florence Wyle (1881-1968), RCA. Florence Wyle was born in Trenton, Illinois into a strict and traditional family. As a child, she enjoyed sports and excelled in school. Against her family’s...

Frank Armington

Frank Armington

Frank Armington (1876-1941) was born in Fordwich, Ontario. He studied art in Toronto under J.W.L. Forster, portrait painter to a number of Canadian prime ministers and also the uncle of Caroline Wilkinson, a...

Frank Armington

Frank Armington (1876-1941) was born in Fordwich, Ontario. He studied art in Toronto under J.W.L. Forster, portrait painter to a number of Canadian prime ministers and also the uncle of Caroline Wilkinson, a...

Frederick Bourchier Taylor

Frederick Bourchier Taylor

Frederick Bourchier Taylor (1906-1987) was born in Ottawa to a family that was—and would remain— well-established in Canadian commerce and military. When Taylor was about ten years old, his father’s work...

Frederick Bourchier Taylor

Frederick Bourchier Taylor (1906-1987) was born in Ottawa to a family that was—and would remain— well-established in Canadian commerce and military. When Taylor was about ten years old, his father’s work...

Harry Britton

Harry Britton

Portrait of Harry Britton. ‘Catalogue of Valuable Paintings’Jenkins Art Galleries, 1921. Harry Britton was born in Cambridge, England to George Britton and Mary Cooper. In 1881, his family moved to Toronto,...

Harry Britton

Portrait of Harry Britton. ‘Catalogue of Valuable Paintings’Jenkins Art Galleries, 1921. Harry Britton was born in Cambridge, England to George Britton and Mary Cooper. In 1881, his family moved to Toronto,...

Harry Draper Wallace

Harry Draper Wallace

Harry Draper Wallace (1982 – 1977), CPE, was born in Toronto to Lt. Col. Wellington Wallace and his wife Mary. He began his education at the University of Toronto, where he studied mineral...

Harry Draper Wallace

Harry Draper Wallace (1982 – 1977), CPE, was born in Toronto to Lt. Col. Wellington Wallace and his wife Mary. He began his education at the University of Toronto, where he studied mineral...