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 "ROBERT HOLMES 1861-1930" - Cannington Posted by:  Jake39
N 44° 20.959 W 079° 02.084
17T E 656637 N 4912550
Located in McLeod Park in the village of Cannington.
Waymark Code: WM20RY
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/16/2007
Views: 94
Robert Holmes
Toronto, Ontario
Courtesy of Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
fonds Ontario Society of Artists
Text of plaque
Robert Holmes spent a lifetime drawing and painting Canadian wildflowers, depicting many varieties in water-colours. Holmes was born in Cannington and is buried here.
After studying at the Ontario School of Art and the Royal College of Art, his teaching career at Upper Canada College, the Central Ontario School of Art and Design, and its successor, the Ontario College of Art, spanned forty years. Holmes was a president of the Ontario Society of Artists, a founding member of important Toronto art organizations and an academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. The collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario include notable wildflower water-colours by Holmes.
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Address or location of plaque: <li> <font color=brown>MacLeod Park on Peace Street, 1 block south of Cameron St. East</font>
Physical location of plaque: Village
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": None - plaque only
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Person'
Condition of sign: Very good
A web-site for more details.: Not listed
Is this a bilingual sign?: Not listed
What is the second/third language?: Not listed
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