John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
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J. W. L. Forster | |
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 John Wycliffe Lowes Forster | |
| Born | 31 December 1850 |
| Died | 24 April 1938 |
| Education | studied in Toronto with J. W. Bridgman; Académie Julian, Paris, with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger (1880-1882); Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau; and later with Carolus Duran |
| Known for | portrait and landscape painter |
| Notable work | portrait of James Whiteside, Toronto |
J. W. L. Forster or, more formally, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster RCA (31 December 1850 – 24 April 1938) was a Canadian artist specializing in portraits. Many of his works can be found at the National Gallery of Canada.
Career[edit]
In Toronto in 1869, he started his art education as a student of portrait painter John Wesley Bridgman (1833–1902). For his portrait of Bridgman, he won first place in the amateur division at the Upper Canada Agricultural Society's annual fair in 1871. In 1879 Forster studied for three months at the South Kensington Art School in London with Canadian landscape painter Charles Stuart Millard (1837-1917). After that, he attended the Académie Julian in Paris, studying with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger (1880-1882); Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau; and later, with Carolus Duran.[1]
He returned to Toronto in 1883 and was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[2] Among his writings are 2 volumes of autobiography and a survey of early Ontario artists.[3]
Gallery[edit]
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Aeneas Shaw by John Wycliffe Lowes Forster -
Sir Sandford Fleming (1892) by John Wycliffe Lowes Forster -
Albert William Austin (1857–1931), Canadian golfer, director of the Dominion Bank, son of James Austin
Works[edit]
| Title/subject | Artist | Date created | Medium |
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| Alexander Mackenzie | John Wycliffe Lowes Forster | 1897 | Oil on canvas |
| John Sparrow David Thompson | John Wycliffe Lowes Forster | 1897 | Oil on canvas |
| Robert Franklin Sutherland | John Wycliffe Lowes Forster | circa 1906 | Oil on canvas |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Bradfield, Helen (1970). Art Gallery of Ontario: the Canadian Collection Collection. Toronto: McGraw Hill. ISBN 0070925046. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Stacey, Robert. "John Wycliffe Lowes Forster". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
External links[edit]
Media related to John Wycliffe Lowes Forster at Wikimedia Commons- John Wycliffe Lowes Forster at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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