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Herbert Sidney Palmer

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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.