Born 1887, in Montreal, Mabel Lockerby studied at the Art Association of Montreal under William Brymner. Her talent was recognized there and she won a scholarship for drawing in 1903. She exhibited at the AAM Spring Exhibition for the first time in 1914 and the following year at the Royal Canadian Academy’s Annual Exhibition. She [...]
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Nora Collyer was born in Montreal. She studied at the Art Association of Montreal, one of the few art institutions that admitted female students at the time. The school was directed by RCA president, William Brymner. At the AAM (which later became the Montreal Museum of Fine Art), she received professional instruction from Brymner and [...]
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Edwin Holgate was born in Allandale, Ontario. Holgate began his art education at the Art Association of Montreal studying under William Brymner who was also A.Y. Jackson’s teacher. In 1920,some of the Brymner graduates found a large building on Beaver Hall Hill in Montreal that could serve for a number of studios. Over the years [...]
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Clarence Gagnon received his artistic training at the Art Association of Montreal under William Brymner from 1897-1900. In 1903, the generosity of art patron James Morgan allowed him to go to Paris and study in the studio of painter Jean-Paul Laurens. Gagnon distinguished himself early in his career by the quality of his engravings and [...]
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Art in Canada in the Nineteenth Century was still firmly rooted in Europe. As cities grew, artists became an integral part of the cultural and economic fabric. Artististic creativity, however, was largely directed by the requirements of wealthy and influential patrons. Artists filled the demand for decorative paintings of “Europeanesque” landscapes as well as portraiture. [...]
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