Frederick Arthur Verner

Ojibwa Camp, Northern Shore of Lake Huron , 1873, National Gallery of Canada

Frederick Arthur Verner (born February 26, 1836 , † May 16, 1928 ) was a Canadian painter who is famous for his landscape paintings from the American West. He is essentially influenced by Paul Kane , who in his sketches and paintings mainly captured the life of the Indians of North America.

Verner was born in Ontario , which was still undeveloped at the time . As a teenager he was already enthusiastic about Kane's paintings. His attempts by him to be accepted as a student, however, failed. He then went to London , where he studied art from 1856 to 1860. He was a member of the British military for a little over a year. In 1862 he returned to Toronto , where he first worked in a photo studio to colorize black and white photographs. During this time he made friends with his long-standing role model Paul Kane. Like Kane, he focused on scenes from the Canadian west. He drew most of the sketches that formed the basis of his paintings when he was accompanying Alexander Morris' 1873 expedition .

In 1880 Verner moved to London, but returned regularly to Canada to paint. He also showed his work several times in Toronto. In 1893 he became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy .

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• Frederick Arthur Verner ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
• Short biography in English .