Owen Staples

Owen Staples (1866-1949) OSA, CPE

Owen Staples was born in Stoke-Sub-Hamdon in Somerset, England. When he was 4 years old, his family immigrated to Hamilton, Ontario in 1870. Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club in New York and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for the Toronto Telegram. Staples' work is held within the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Source: Oko, Andrew J. The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect. Hamilton: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1981.