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FARNCOMB, Caroline
- Born
- Newcastle, Ontario, 1859
- Died
- Sheldon, Ontario, 1951
- Biography synopsis
- Caroline Farncomb painted portraits, landscapes and genre paintings in oil. She lived in London, Ontario where she was employed as the secretary of the London Art Association. Farncomb exhibited her work at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Exhibitions from 1900 to 1909, at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto from 1907-1908, at the Royal Canadian Academy from 1899-1908, and at the Toronto Industrial Exhibition from 1897-1901. She was elected into the Ontario Society of Artists in 1908, and exhibited some of her works there in 1909. She won first prize in exhibitions in London, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa.
- Media used
- Painting
- Education
- Académie Julian, Paris (under J.P. Laurens, Simon and Prinet)
- Art Students' League, New York (under William Chase)
- Memberships
- Ontario Society of Artists, 1908
- Women's Art Club, London, Ontario
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Art Notes." Week (Toronto) 13 Oct. 1894: 470
- "Chronique D'Art." Canada Francais (Quebec) 4 Apr. 1903: 2
- "Miss C. Farncomb Dies at Age 93." Evening Free Press (London) 14 Nov. 1951
- "Three Groups of Art Work by Amateurs Put on Display." Evening Free Press (London) 12 May 1949
- Crawford, Lenore. "Women painters display sensitivity, charm." London Evening Press 24 Aug. 1968
- Poole, Nancy Geddes. "London Women and Art." The Art of London: 1830-1980. London: Blackpool Press, 1984
- Waters, Clara Erskine Clement. Women in the Fine Arts. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1974
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - First Sketch Club Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, ) "Woman's Art Club. The Annual Exhibition now in Progress in the Canada Life Building-Some of the Paintings." Globe and Mail (Toronto) . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Sixth Annual Spring Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, ) "Art Notes" Toronto Saturday Night . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Sixth Annual Spring Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, ) "The Woman's Art Association" The Week (Toronto) . p.472. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, ) "Women And Art. Annual Exhibition of the Woman's Art Association. Purely Canadian Exhibits. Great Discretion Exercised in the Selection of Paintings. Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpatrick and Party Present at the Opening-The Exhibit Open Till the 17." Globe and Mail . p.8. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, ) "ART" Toronto Saturday Night . p.9. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Jean Grant. "Studio and Gallery" Toronto Saturday Night . p.9. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Lynn C. Doyle. "Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists. Second Notice." Globe (Toronto) . p.8. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Ladies Contribute. Much Clever Work Sent to Art Exhibition by Gentler Sex." Montreal Star . p.22. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "O. S. A. Exhibition. More Pictures and of Better Quality Than Last Year. A Very Pleasing Collection-A List of the Less Distinguished- The Public Opening Will Take Place This Evening." Globe (Toronto) . p.7. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Lally Bernard. "Driftwood." Globe (Toronto) . p.5. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) M.L.F.. "Among the Pictures. At the O.S.A. Exhibition." Toronto Star . p.8. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Ontario Artists' Exhibition. Annual Display Now on in Toronto. Some Admirable Works." Globe (Toronto) . p.4. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Spring Exhibition. A Good Average Showing of Pictures by Canadian Artists." Daily Witness (Montreal) . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) PIF.. "Chronique d'art." Le Canada (Montreal) . p.2. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Palette. "The Ontario Society of Artists Exhibition." Toronto Saturday Night . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Native Art Exhibition. Work of Seventy-five Artists on View. Thirty-second Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society - Notes About a Few of the Pictures." Globe (Toronto) . p.17. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "At the Art Gallery. An Enjoyable Private View." Daily Witness (Montreal) . p.4. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) M.L.A.F.. "Features of the Art Exhibition. The Pictures of Each Artist are Not Hung Together This Year. New Names on the List. Some who Never Exhibited Before-The Exhibition Open to the Public." Toronto Star . p.17. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Ontario Artists Open Exhibition. Pictures are Fewer, but Standard is High." Globe and Mail (Toronto). . p.3. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition.: (Montreal, ) "Exhibition of Art. Some Brilliant Canvases Dazzle Eye in 24th Spring Exhibit in Art Gallery." Gazette (Montreal) . p.4. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Toronto, ) "R.C.A. Exhibition Scorched Many Pictures Destroyed." Toronto Telegram . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Toronto, ) "Many Pictures Burned. $8,000 Fire in the Canadian Academy's Exhibition." Globe (Toronto) . p.11. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Exhibition of Art. High Water Mark Reached in This Year's Spring Showing in Art Galleries. Stricter Standard Set." Gazette (Montreal) . p.9. Full-text pdf
