Eyres Simmons

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Eyres Simmons Artist Bio: Eyres Simmons (Active 1902-1914) Simmons was a well-known British watercolour painter who lived in Cornwall and who specialized in painting the coastal communities in Southern England and the Channel Islands. His work has a bright feel which...

Frances Ann Johnston

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Frances Ann Johnston Artist Bio: Frances-Anne Johnston, RCA, OST (1910-1987) Frances Johnston was the daughter of Franz Johnston, one of the original members of the Group of Seven. She was born in Toronto, ON, and studied at the Ontario College of Art under Peter...

Francesco Catano

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Francesco Catano Artist Bio: Francesco Catano (19th C. Italian) Francesco (Frank) Catano was a popular 19th Century Italian painter who exhibited between 1880 and 1914. He worked mainly in watercolour and his subject-matter included scenes of the Middle East, Italian...

Frank D. Allison

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Frank D. Allison Artist Bio: Frank Drummond Allison (1883-1951) Born in Saint John, N.B., son of Frank Octavius Allison and Mary Sara Bonsall Kaye, Allison studied painting in Montreal, Woodstock, New York, and in Europe. He lived in Saint John, N.B. but traveled...