Frederick Arthur Verner
(1836 - 1928) OSA, ARCA
Artwork from the 1970s
FREDERICK ARTHUR VERNER
Two Wapiti
watercolour
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “Given to me by Mrs Fred Spearing of Beeton, 1977” and “Fred Spearing M.D. practised in Beeton from 1918” on the reverse
6.75 x 10.5 ins ( 17.1 x 26.7 cms ) ( sight )
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F.A. Verner Biography
(1836 - 1928) OSA, ARCA
Born in Ontario, Frederick Arthur Verner enrolled at London's Heatherley's Academy in 1856. He served in the British military, first in 1858 in the Yorkshire militia and then in the British Legion in 1860. Two years later, Verner returned to Canada and worked as a photograph colourist, but spent the majority of his time sketching the wilderness and Indian tribal communities in his area. He co-founded the Ontario Society of Artists in 1872 and exhibited regularly with the group until he moved to England in 1880. His romantic Native American genre scenes had gained tremendous popularity overseas. Verner continued to paint in this style, returning to Canada every so often to gain source material.
