Frederick Horsman Varley

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Frederick Horsman Varley

Also Known As: "Fred", "F.H."
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Birthplace: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: September 08, 1969 (88)
Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Place of Burial: 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, ON, L0J 1C0, Canada
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Joseph Bloom Varley and Lucy Varley
Husband of Maud Varley
Father of Dorothy Horsman Sewell; John Varley; James Varley and Peter Varley
Brother of Lillian Varley; Alfred Henry bloom Varley and Private

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About Frederick Horsman Varley

Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 - 1969) was a founding member of the Group of Seven Artists. He was born in Sheffield, England and immigrated to Canada in 1912 on the advice of another future Group of Seven member Arthur Lismer.

Varley served in World War I as a War Artist. He accompanied Canadian Troops in the Hundred Days offensive from Amiens, France to Mons, Belgium. His experiences on the front are captured in his paintings.

Varley moved to Vancouver British Columbia where he became Head of Department of Drawing and Paining at School of Decorative and Applied Arts. He took a trip to the Arctic with fellow artists in 1938. Varley, along with other artists, visited the Soviet Union in 1954 on the first cultural exchange of the Cold War.

On May 22 1981 Canada Post issued a stamp "Frederick H. Varley, Self Portrait"

Sources:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10485/fred-horsman-varley
https://ago.ca/sites/default/files/SC023.pdf

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Frederick Horsman Varley's Timeline

1881
January 2, 1881
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1910
August 18, 1910
1912
March 9, 1912
1915
1915
1921
May 29, 1921
BC, Canada
1969
September 8, 1969
Age 88
Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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McMichael Canadian Art Collection Burial Grounds, 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, ON, L0J 1C0, Canada