R E P R O D U C T I ON S O F' P I C T U R E S I L LU S T R A T E D I N T H I S C AT A L O G U E O R E ' H I B I T E D I N T H E G A L L E R Y M AY N O T B E M A D E W I T H OU T P E R M I S S I ON O F T H E A R T I S T ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS I n s ti tu ted 1 872 - I ncor po r a ted 1 877 R e l ncorporated 1898 HONORA RY PATRON - s bl L . Honora e ieut . Col H Cock hutt OFFI CERS Robert Holmes , R . F . Gagen . P resident Secretary s Fred . S . Haine V ice -Pres ident and Treasu rer D R . J . ilworth Auditor E'ECU TI V E COU NCI L Sam on W inch . s s s . r W . Jeffery Mary E J Erne t p l . s M acD ona d . J . E . H . T W M itchell Arthur Li mer F . H Brigden Canadian National Exhibition Representatives G . s . A Reid , Fred S Haine MEM BERS Au s tin D orothy Stevens 3 | Aylmer Ave Toronto 25 S n St . Beatty , J . W ever . Toronto - 336 s Bell Smith , F . M Jarvi St Toronto 160 n F . Brigden . H Richmo d St W Toronto L n s . a ing . Ont C ll n r l a ha e e . 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EARLY DAYS IN CANADIAN ART E xtractsf rom an arti cle i n t/ze Canadi an Forum fi H I S being the ftieth Annual Exhibition , and as these exhibitions were for many years the only ones at which professional artists could with any self-respect exhibit their work , or the public en'oy the pleasure and edu cation good pictures should give , the writer , a prentice hand who worked on the foundation , thinks it seasonable to give in rambling narrative a short account of how the Society came into being . With the exception of Paul Kane , Upper Canada had not produced a native artist . The residing artists were all — — from Europe England mostly and they Worked in the manner of the schools they had been trained in . Wi th the exception of the portrait painters few painted in oil , and the all - landscapes , marines , etc were nearly water colours of E i h — the ngl s School at this time at its best . But , although the style was suitable to the conditions of the old land , i t was not , when rigidly adhered to , adequate to convey the breadth and light and other qualities of this country . The critics and art lovers , having been brought up under Eng lish influence , failed to detect or point out the lacking qual ities . So advancement had to come from without , and did , in this way . I n 1867 Notm an William , of Montreal , opened a photo graphic studio in Toronto and sent , as manager and 'unior partner , John Arthur Fraser , a young man of Scotch and Danish descent , who had studied art in the Royal Academy Schools with Du Maurier as a classmate , and also in the studio of F . W . Topham , supporting himself , while doing so , by painting portraits . His father , Alexander Fraser , was a London tailor of advanced liberal ideas , and a strenuous supporter of the moral force Chartists . His principles did not render him popular , with the result that he failed in business and emigrated with his family (including John and his young wife) to Canada , where they settled in Stanstead , Eastern Townships . Fraser 's talents soon became noised abroad with the N otm an h result that William , already famed as a photograp er , invited him to come to Montreal and try his hand at painting r volu photographs . This invitation he accepted and he e tioniz ed the doubtful art . With his dexteri ty in handling - water colours , he painted over light prints on drawing paper , succeeding so well that it was diffi cult for even artists O N T A R I O S O C I E T Y O F A R T I S T S to detect the photographic base , and in the case of his minia tures they resembled in every way the real thing done on ivory , with rich backgrounds , broad draperies and clean fl . esh colours They were a pleasure to behold , and resulted ’ in becoming one of the principal features of N otm an s busi ’ ness , and the artist s room , the academy from which several of our leading Artists Sandham , W . Lewis Fraser , John Hammond) graduated . The same success followed him when he came to Toronto , where he was assisted by Eugene Nice , Horatio Walker , the M cG present writer , and afterwards F . Knowles . Nor were i fi ne his gifts conf ned to the painter s art . Blessed with a ' ' ' ' “ ' tenor voice , he sang My 'ueen , Ruby , The Message , ' My Pretty Jane , and other songs of the period so well that the great Brignoli deigned to sing with him at concerts I and complimented him highly . t is to be regretted that he O (Fraser) appreciated his talents at their full worth . nce , “ when greatly elated , he exclaimed , A man that can paint ' like that should wear a gold hat . (This was before the day I - r ci of the Colonial . ) n conseq uence of his florid self app e a tion he was disliked by many , but all appreciated his art . When in Montreal he had been a very active member of the defunct Canadian Society of Artists , and he occasion ' One of ally exhibited .