Herbert Sidney Palmer

Herbert Sidney Palmer
Born(1881-01-15)January 15, 1881
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 28, 1970(1970-11-28) (aged 89)
Known forLandscape painter

Herbert Sidney Palmer RCA (June 15, 1881 – November 28, 1970)[1] was a Canadian artist. He was best known as a landscape painter who captured Canadian scenes.

Early life and education

Palmer was born in Toronto in 1881. From 1901 to 1905, he studied with Frederick S. Challener and J. W. Beatty at the Central Ontario School of Art in Toronto.[2]

Career

In 1929 he collaborated with the artist Frederick Haines on The Settlement of Canada, an eight-panel mural installed at the Canadian National Exhibition in the Dominion Government Building.[3]

He was a secretary of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists, and taught at the Ontario College of Art. He was a recipient of the Canadian Centennial Medal, and one of the founders of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.[4]

Collections

His work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada[5] and the Art Gallery of Guelph.[6]

References

  1. ^ Bradfield, Helen Pepall (1970). "Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection". McGraw-Hill Company of Canada.
  2. ^ Guelph, University of; Nasby, Judith (1980). The University of Guelph Art Collection: A Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture. The University. ISBN 978-0-920810-44-6.
  3. ^ McKay, Marylin Jean (2002). National Soul: Canadian Mural Painting, 1860s - 1930s. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-2290-9.
  4. ^ "Herbert Palmer, 90 landscape painter". Toronto Daily Star. Torstar Syndication Services, a Division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. Nov 30, 1970. ProQuest 1407083709. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Herbert S. Palmer On the Hillside". gallery.ca.
  6. ^ "Art Gallery of Guelph". Art Gallery of Guelph.