Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 landscape and portrait painter.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes (1846-1925) also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath

Arbroath

Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 22,785...

, Scotland. He won the Chase Scholarship in London with a portrait sketch.

Forbes enlisted in London in 1914 and served during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 with the 10th Royal Fusiliers as a Captain. He was a war artist

War artist

A war artist depicts some aspect of war through art; this might be a pictorial record or it might commemorate how "war shapes lives." War artists have explored a visual and sensory dimension of war which is often absent in written histories or other accounts of warfare.- Definition and context:A...

 and served in the Canadian Army until 1959.

According to a Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 newspaper report from April 1918, Forbes had recently received a commission from Lord Beaverbrook (Max Aitken) to paint a series of official war pictures at the front.

In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...

 "for his contributions to the arts as a landscape and portrait painter".

He is best known for his painting entitled Canadian Artillery in action on display at the Canadian War Museum

Canadian War Museum

The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s national museum of military history. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the museum covers all facets of Canada’s military past, from the first recorded instances of death by armed violence in Canadian history several thousand years ago to the country’s most recent...

.

Works

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
George Black	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1934	Oil on canvas
James Langstaff Bowman James Langstaff Bowman James Langstaff Bowman, PC was the first Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from Manitoba.Bowman had been a teacher and lawyer in Dauphin, Manitoba. In 1917, he became the town's mayor. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1925 and 1926 general elections for the Conservative Party. He finally...	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	circa 1935	Oil on canvas
Pierre-François Casgrain Pierre-François Casgrain Pierre-François Casgrain, PC was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1936 to 1940....	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	circa 1940	Oil on canvas
James Allison Glen James Allison Glen James Allison Glen, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1940 to 1945....	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	circa 1945	Oil on canvas
Gaspard Fauteux	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1946	Oil on canvas
Robert Borden Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1947	Oil on canvas
Louis-René Beaudoin Louis-René Beaudoin Louis-René Beaudoin, PC was Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1957.Though trained as a lawyer, Beaudoin came from a working class background and financed his education by working as a bus driver and labourer...	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1960	Oil on canvas
Marcel Lambert Marcel Lambert Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert, was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons .Lambert was born in Edmonton to a French-Canadian father and a Belgian mother...	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1963	Oil on canvas
Richard Bedford Bennett	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1962	Oil on canvas

See Also

• List of portraits in the Centre Block
• Canadian official war artists
  Canadian official war artists
  Canadian official war artists create a visual account of war by showing its impact as men and women are shown waiting, preparing, fighting, suffering, celebrating, These were a select group of artists who were employed on contract, or commissioned to produce specific works during the First World...
  
  
• War artist
  War artist
  A war artist depicts some aspect of war through art; this might be a pictorial record or it might commemorate how "war shapes lives." War artists have explored a visual and sensory dimension of war which is often absent in written histories or other accounts of warfare.- Definition and context:A...
  
  
• War art
  War art
  War art is considered a genre of art. It is characterized by war, military subjects and war activities, as part of the wider field of military art. The distinction between war and military art is not clear-cut. The works described as war art represent a broad range of subject matter and styles....