Artist Profile: John William Beatty
Historical Canadian Artist
1869 - 1941
1869 - 1941
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Biography
Beatty served in the Riel Rebellion. He studied at Central Ontario School of Art under J.W.L. Forster. His overall style is realism with a touch of sentiment and his subject matter is that of the Group of Seven, the wilds of the Canadian northland. Beatty also studied at the Academie Julian in Paris. He was a teacher at Ontario College of Art 1912-41. O.S.A. 1901-02, R.C.A. 1913.As good friends of Tom Thompson, J.E.H. MacDonald and Beatty built a cairn at Canoe Lake to to mark the spot where Thompson died.
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Title: Untitled Artist: John William Beatty Medium: Oil Size: 10 3/4" x 8 1/4" (h x w) Status: Sold |
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