Caroline Farncomb

Caroline Farncomb (January 12, 1859 – November 13, 1951)^[1] was a Canadian painter.^[2] She lived in London, Ontario where she was secretary of the Women's Art Association and donated work to start an art gallery, today the Museum London.^[1]

Caroline Farncomb
Born	(1859-01-12)January 12, 1859 Clarke Township near Newcastle, Canada West
Died	November 13, 1951(1951-11-13) (aged 92) London, Ontario
Known for	painter

Career

Farncomb was born near Newcastle, Canada West^[1] and moved to London, Ontario with her family in 1867.^[3] She studied in London with Cleménce Van Den Broeck and Florence Carlyle; at the Hellmuth Ladies College, London, Ontario; the Western School of Art and Design, London, Ontario; at the Art Student's League, New York and Académie Julian, Paris.^[3][4]

She exhibited her paintings with the Western Art Fair; the Women's Art Association of Canada; the Women's Art Club of London; with the Art Association of Montreal (1900-1909):^[3] the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1899-1908);^[5] and the Ontario Society of Artists (1899-1909) (she was elected a member in 1908), among other exhibition societies and places.^[6] In 1908, she showed her work in a group show at W. Scott and Sons Galleries, Toronto.^[7] She continued to show her work in various local venues until 1932.^[3] Farncomb died in London, Ontario in 1951. Her work is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario^[8][9] Mcintosh Gallery, Western University,^[3] the Mississauga Museums^[10] and Museum London.^[11]

Gallery

 

Wild Duck, 1901

References

1. Letter from Catharine B. McEwen, August 17, 1998, Caroline Farncomb Artist's file, National Gallery Library and Archives, Ottawa
2. "Mississauga.ca - Things to Do - Caroline Farncomb Gallery". www.mississauga.ca. from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
3. "A Driving Force Biography". mcintoshdrivingforce.ca. Mcintosh Gallery, Western U. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
4. "Canadian Women Artists History Initiative : Artist Database : Artists : FARNCOMB, Caroline". cwahi.concordia.ca. from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
5. McMann, Evelyn (1981). . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
6. Harper, J. Russell (1970). Early Painters and Engravers in Canada. Toronto: U of T Press. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
7. Thumb-Box Exhibition catalogue, Caroline Farncomb Artist's file, National Gallery Library and Archives, Ottawa
8. "AGO Art of the Day — Caroline Farncomb born Newcastle, Ontario, 1859;..." AGO Art of the Day. from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
9. Clement, Clara Erskine (1904). Women in the fine arts from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. BiblioLife. p. 120. ISBN 978-0554334110. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
10. "Collection". mississauga.pastperfectonline.com. Mississauga Museum. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
11. "Collection". collection.museumlondon.ca. Museum London, Ontario. Retrieved 27 October 2022.