Edwin holgate biography

He was known primarily as a portraitist and painted an unusual series of female nudes in outdoor settings during the 1930s..

Edwin Holgate

Canadian artist (1892–1977)

Edwin Holgate

Edwin Holgate, 1930

Born

Edwin Headley Holgate


(1892-08-19)August 19, 1892

Allandale, Ontario, Canada

DiedMay 21, 1977(1977-05-21) (aged 84)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Known forpainter and engraver
SpouseMary Frances Rittenhouse (m.

1920)

AwardsArt Association of Montreal's Jessie Dow Prize (1938)

Edwin Headley HolgateRCA (August 19, 1892 – May 21, 1977), was a Canadianpainter, muralist, and printmaker.

Edwin Headley Holgate RCA, was a Canadian painter, muralist, and printmaker.

  • Edwin Headley Holgate RCA, was a Canadian painter, muralist, and printmaker.
  • Ewin Holgate, 1892 - 1977.
  • He was known primarily as a portraitist and painted an unusual series of female nudes in outdoor settings during the 1930s.
  • Edwin Holgate was a Canadian artist, painter and engraver.
  • Edwin Holgate, born in Allandale, Ontario, emerged as a pivotal figure in Canadian art.

    • Holgate played a major role in Montreal's art community, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where he both studied and taught. He was known primarily as a portraitist and for his treatment of the female nude in an outdoor setting in a series of paintings and prints during the 1930s.

    Life and career

    Holgate was born in Allandale, Ontario, Canada, the son of Bessie Bell (Headley) and Henry Holgate.[1] Holgate's family moved to Jamaica in 1895 where his fa