Florence Carlyle
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Florence Carlyle was a Canadian figure and portrait painter in the modernist style and was known especially as a colorist
. Born in Galt, Ontario, she was raised in Woodstock, 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 Académie Julian
under William Bouguereau, Jules Lefebvre and Tony 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.
Colorist
In comics, a colorist is responsible for adding color to black-and-white line art. For most of the 20th century this was done using brushes and dyes which were then used as guides to produce the printing plates...
. Born in Galt, Ontario, she was raised in Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock, Ontario
Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...
, 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 Académie Julian
Académie Julian
The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...
under William Bouguereau, Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury
Tony Robert-Fleury
Tony Robert-Fleury was a French painter.He was born just outside Paris, and studied under his father Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury and under Delaroche and Léon Cogniet....
. 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
Crowborough
The highest point in the town is 242 metres above sea level. This summit is the highest point of the High Weald and second highest point in East Sussex . Its relative height is 159 m, meaning Crowborough qualifies as one of England's Marilyns...
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, 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
- Florence Carlyle at AskArt, retrieved on May 25, 2007.
- Florence Carlyle at ArtNet, retrieved on May 25, 2007.
- Florence Carlyle , Short biography, retrieved on May 25, 2007.
- Florence Carlyle listed in the Art History Archive, retrieved on May 25th 2007.