Florence Carlyle

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Florence Carlyle
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Florence Carlyle, c. 1890.
Born1864 (1864)
Galt, Ontario, Canada
DiedMay 2, 1923(1923-05-02) (aged 58–59)
Crowborough, England
NationalityCanadian
Known forPainting
Partner(s)Juliet Hastings[1]

Florence Emily Carlyle (September 24, 1864 – May 2, 1923) was a Canadian figure and portrait painter, known especially for her handling of light and fabric, and for painting with great skill.[2] Her work is included in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.[3]

Childhood[]

Florence Carlyle was born September 24, 1864, in Galt, Ontario,[1] to parents Emily Youmans Carlyle and William Carlyle.[4]:9–11​ The second eldest of seven children, Florence was known throughout her life as "Bird" by family and friends.[5] In 1871 the Carlyle family moved to Woodstock, Ontario, where her father, William Carlyle, worked as the county inspector of schools for Oxford County.[6][4]:11​ While living in Woodstock, Emily created an art studio for local children who were interested in developing their artistic skills under the guidance of hired artists.[4]:13​ Sensing her daughter's artistic talent, Emily arranged for Florence to have private drawing and painting lessons with William Lees Judson.[4]:13​ William's uncle (and Florence's great-uncle) was the Scottish historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle;[7] and William was said by a contemporary writer to have inherited "much of the cleverness and the abstraction" of his celebrated forebear.[8]

Early adulthood[]

In 1883 Florence and her younger sister, Lilian, exhibited several of their works at the Ladies Department of the Toronto Industrial Exhibition.[4]:22​ It was this exhibition that gave Florence widespread recognition as Princes Louise and her husband, the Marquis of Lorne purchased one of her paintings of white lilies on china.[4]:23​ This event was heavily covered by The Globe, Daily Mail, and Woodstock's paper at the time.[4]:23​

Education while in Paris[]

The Tiff (around 1902), oil on canvas, from the Art Gallery of Ontario collection.[9]

After realizing that she needed to go abroad to further develop her artistic skill, 26 year old Carlyle moved to Paris, France November 3, 1890.[4]:36​ Carlyle journeyed to Paris with her artistic mentor, Paul Peel, his sister Margaret Peel, and their father John Peel. However, once in Paris she rented a flat on her own.[4]:36��� Upon first arriving in Paris, Carlyle found it difficult to find an artistic academy that admitted women and furthermore, did not segregate men and women in classes.[4]:42​ At first Carlyle attended the Académie Julian, but after a disagreement with Adolphe-William Bouguereau she switched to the less prestigious Académie Delécluse.[4]:43​ By 1892 Carlyle would return to Académie Julian to finish her studies.[4]:43​ In 1893 she exhibited her painting Une Dame Hollandaise at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français, where it "received favourable attention."[4]:54–56​ Carlyle returned to Woodstock, where her family still resided in 1896.[4]:69​

Later years[]

She had studios in London and Woodstock, and in 1897 became the first woman to be elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy. In 1899, she established a studio in New York City.[10] In 1904, her oil painting The Tiff was selected to appear in the Canadian exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, where it won a silver medal.[11]:85​ The Montreal Gazette described this painting (now in the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario)[9] as "a strong piece of work depicting a lover's quarrel", and praised its execution as "clear cut and decisive."[12]

The last twenty years of her life were spent in Crowborough, Sussex, England, where she and a friend, Juliet Hastings, bought an English cottage they called "Sweet Haws".[13]

Carlyle died at Crowborough in the spring of 1923. Most of her work is in the collection of the Woodstock Art Gallery in Woodstock, Ontario.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b McGirr, Katelyn. "Florence Carlyle An Artist Biography". RiverBrink Art Museum Blog. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ Murray 2004, p. 11.
  3. ^ "Florence Carlyle".
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Butlin, Susan (2009). The Practice of her Profession: Florence Carlyle, Canadian Painter in the Age of Impressionism. Kingston, ON: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 9780773535091.
  5. ^ Murray 2004, p. 17.
  6. ^ Murray 2004, p. 20.
  7. ^ Campbell, Claire (Spring 2010). "Review of The Practice of Her Profession: Florence Carlyle, Canadian Painter in the Age of Impressionism" (PDF). Journal of Historical Biography. 7: 182–185. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  8. ^ Murray 2004, p. 19.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Florence Carlyle's The Tiff". AGO Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  10. ^ Farr, Dorothy; Luckyj, Natalie (1975). From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. p. 26.
  11. ^ Murray 2004, p. 10.
  12. ^ "Art exhibition: Annual display of Royal Canadian Academy opens at the art gallery". The Gazette. 1904-03-18. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  13. ^ Murray 2004, p. 33.

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