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BYERS, Ethel
- Born
- Hawkesbury, Ontario, ?
- Died
- Toronto, Ontario?, ?
- Biography synopsis
- Ethel Byers was primarily a plein-air painter, depicting landscapes and other outdoor scenes. Although she worked as a social studies teacher at Lambton-Kingsway high school in Toronto, she also taught a studio art class and was assistant instructor at the summer art school run by Western University at Trois-Pistols. She sold many of her works locally and one, entitled "Moonlight," is held in the collection of Toronto Humberside Collegiate. In 1951 she held a solo exhibition at the Hawkesbury Town Hall.
- Media used
- Painting
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Local girl holds exhibit of original paintings." Eastern Ontario Review (Vankleek Hill, Ontario) 15 Mar. 1951
- "Painting by Miss Ethel Byers to be exhibited at town hall." Echo (Hawkesbury, Ontario) 23 Mar. 1951
