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Frederick Arthur Verner 1836-1928

Photo by Alan L Brown - May, 2004

Photo Source - Canadian Heritage Gallery

Plaque Location

The Region of Halton
The Town of Oakville
On the north side of the entrance road to Sheridan College
near the parking booth

Coordinates: N 43 28.208 W 79 42.139

Plaque Text

Verner was born at Sheridan, Halton County, and educated at Guelph. In 1856 he went to England to study art. Returning to Toronto he established his first studio in 1862. Like his older contemporary, Paul Kane, Verner travelled through the west, recording the life of the plains Indians and painting the great buffalo herds. An early member of the Ontario Society of Artists, he was later elected to the Royal Canadian Academy. He lived in England after 1880, but returned to Canada on painting trips. Verner is represented in the National Gallery of Canada by several works, including a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald.

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