Grier, Sir Edmund Wyly (1862-1957)

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Grier, Sir Edmund Wyly (1862-1957)

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        1862-1957

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        Born at Melbourne, Australia. Came to Canada in 1876. Studied in London at the Slade School of Art under Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) ; at the Julian Academy in Paris under William A. Bouguereau (1825-1905) and Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1911) and in Rome at the Sculola Libera. Exhibited in the Royal Academy from 1886-1895, in the National Academy of Design, New York, and at Munich, Berlin and Dusseldorf. Awarded a third class medal at Paris Salon, 1890; a silver medal at the Pan-American Exhibition, 1901. Elected A.R.C.A., 1893, and R.C.A., 1894. A member of O.S.A. since 1898 and President, 1908 -1913.

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            Newton, MacTavish, "The Fine Arts in Canada"
            MacDonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. 1st ed., Volume 2, G- Jackson, Canadian Paperbacks Pub, 1967.

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