Caroline Farncomb Explained

Caroline Farncomb
Birth Date:12 January 1859
Birth Place:Clarke Township near Newcastle, Canada West
Death Place:London, Ontario
Known For:painter

Caroline Farncomb (January12, 1859 November13, 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.

Career

Farncomb was born near Newcastle, Canada West and moved to London, Ontario with her family in 1867. 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]

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):[4] 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.[4] 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,[4] the Mississauga Museums[10] and Museum London.[11]

Gallery

Notes and References

  1. Letter from Catharine B. McEwen, August 17, 1998, Caroline Farncomb Artist's file, National Gallery Library and Archives, Ottawa
  2. Web site: Mississauga.ca - Things to Do - Caroline Farncomb Gallery. www.mississauga.ca. en. 2017-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20171116020254/http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/discover/carolinefarncombgallery. 2017-11-16. live.
  3. Web site: Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : FARNCOMB, Caroline. cwahi.concordia.ca. en. 2017-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20171116032344/https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=171. 2017-11-16. live.
  4. Web site: A Driving Force Biography . mcintoshdrivingforce.ca . Mcintosh Gallery, Western U . 28 October 2022.
  5. Book: McMann . Evelyn . Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . 1981 . University of Toronto Press . Toronto . 2022-10-27 . 11 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221011123753/http://library.gallery.ca/search~S1?/aMcMann/amcmann/1,2,11,B/frameset&FF=amcmann+evelyn+de+r+evelyn+de+rostaing+1913+1999&8,,10 . dead .
  6. Book: Harper . J. Russell . Early Painters and Engravers in Canada . 1970 . U of T Press . Toronto. 27 October 2022.
  7. Thumb-Box Exhibition catalogue, Caroline Farncomb Artist's file, National Gallery Library and Archives, Ottawa
  8. Web site: AGO Art of the Day — Caroline Farncomb born Newcastle, Ontario, 1859;.... AGO Art of the Day. en. 2017-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180629162614/http://artgalleryofontario.tumblr.com/post/922661266/caroline-farncomb-born-newcastle-ontario-1859. 2018-06-29. live.
  9. Book: Clement, Clara Erskine. Women in the fine arts from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.. BiblioLife. 1904. 978-0554334110. 120. 2017-11-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075225/http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12045/12045-h/12045-h.htm. 2016-03-04. live.
  10. Web site: Collection . mississauga.pastperfectonline.com . Mississauga Museum . 28 October 2022.
  11. Web site: Collection . collection.museumlondon.ca . Museum London, Ontario . 27 October 2022.

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