- Florence Carlyle
Florence Carlyle (1864 - May 2, 1923) was a
Canadian figure andportrait painter in the modernist style and was known especially as acolorist . Born inGalt, Ontario , she was raised inWoodstock, Ontario , where her father was the county inspector of schools. Sensing her art daughter's art talent, Florence's mother arranged for an art teacher from New York City to provide lessons in an art studio set up to encourage her daughter's talents.At age 26, in 1890, Florence Carlyle went to Paris where she studied at the Academy Julian under
William Bouguereau , Jules Lefebvre andTony Robert-Fleury . In 1893 she exhibited her paintings at the Royal Academy, and three years later she returned to Canada.She had studios in London and Woodstock, and in 1897 became the first woman to be elected an Associate of the
Royal Canadian Academy . In 1899, she established a studio in New York City.The last twenty years of her life were spent in
Crowborough ,Sussex , England where she and a friend, Julie Hastings, bought an English cottage they called "Sweet Haws".Florence Carlyle died at Crowborough in the spring of 1923. Most of her work is in the collection of the Woodstock Art Gallery in Woodstock, Ontario.
External links
* [http://www.askart.com/askart/c/florence_carlyle/florence_carlyle.aspx Florence Carlyle at AskArt] , retrieved on May 25, 2007.
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/655501/florence-carlyle.html Florence Carlyle at ArtNet] , retrieved on May 25, 2007.
* [http://www.elliottlouis.com/dynamic/artists/Florence_Carlyle.asp Florence Carlyle , Short biography] , retrieved on May 25, 2007.
* [http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/canadian/ Florence Carlyle listed in the Art History Archive] , retrieved on May 25th 2007.
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