Caroline Farncomb

Caroline Farncomb
Born(1859-01-12)January 12, 1859
Clarke Township near Newcastle, Canada West
DiedNovember 13, 1951(1951-11-13) (aged 92)
London, Ontario
Known forpainter


Caroline Farncomb (January 12, 1859 – November 13, 1951)[1] was a Canadian painter.[2] She lived in London, Ontario where she was secretary of the Women's Art Association and donated work to start an art gallery, today the Museum London.[1]

Career

Farncomb was born near Newcastle, Canada West[1] and moved to London, Ontario with her family in 1867.[3] She studied in London with Cleménce Van Den Broeck and Florence Carlyle; at the Hellmuth Ladies College, London, Ontario; the Western School of Art and Design, London, Ontario; at the Art Student's League, New York and Académie Julian, Paris.[3][4]

She exhibited her paintings with the Western Art Fair; the Women's Art Association of Canada; the Women's Art Club of London; with the Art Association of Montreal (1900-1909):[3] the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1899-1908);[5] and the Ontario Society of Artists (1899-1909) (she was elected a member in 1908), among other exhibition societies and places.[6] In 1908, she showed her work in a group show at W. Scott and Sons Galleries, Toronto.[7] She continued to show her work in various local venues until 1932.[3] Farncomb died in London, Ontario in 1951. Her work is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario[8][9] Mcintosh Gallery, Western University,[3] the Mississauga Museums[10] and Museum London.[11]

Wild Duck, 1901

References

  1. ^ a b c Letter from Catharine B. McEwen, August 17, 1998, Caroline Farncomb Artist's file, National Gallery Library and Archives, Ottawa
  2. ^ "Mississauga.ca - Things to Do - Caroline Farncomb Gallery". www.mississauga.ca. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e "A Driving Force Biography". mcintoshdrivingforce.ca. Mcintosh Gallery, Western U. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : FARNCOMB, Caroline". cwahi.concordia.ca. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  5. ^ McMann, Evelyn (1981). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  6. ^ Harper, J. Russell (1970). Early Painters and Engravers in Canada. Toronto: U of T Press. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  7. ^ Thumb-Box Exhibition catalogue, Caroline Farncomb Artist's file, National Gallery Library and Archives, Ottawa
  8. ^ "AGO Art of the Day — Caroline Farncomb born Newcastle, Ontario, 1859;..." AGO Art of the Day. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  9. ^ Clement, Clara Erskine (1904). Women in the fine arts from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. BiblioLife. p. 120. ISBN 978-0554334110. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Collection". mississauga.pastperfectonline.com. Mississauga Museum. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Collection". collection.museumlondon.ca. Museum London, Ontario. Retrieved 27 October 2022.