Son of Henry Thomas Fosbery (1837-1879) and Charlotte Dorothea Hall (1844-1913).
He married Martha Agnes Patrick on 6 June 1900, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario.
Canadian artist, served overseas during World War I. Husband of the late Martha Agnes Fosbery. His artwork is displayed in the National Gallery of Canada.
The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 8th 1960;
Ernest George Fosbery, well-known Canadian portrait painter and a former president of the Royal Canadian Academy, died yesterday in Cowansville, Quebec. He was 85.
Born in Ottawa on December 29th 1874 he received his education at the Model School and Collegiate Institute, Ottawa and the Ottawa Art School and under Franklin Brownell, RCA.
Mr. Fosbery also studied in Paris, France under the French artist Fernand Cormon (1845-1924).
He served with the Canadian Grenadier Guards during the First World War, was wounded and mentioned in dispatches. He was discharged with the rank of major.
Mr. Fosbery became an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1912, a member in 1929, and was elected the academy's president in 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946.
He was also chairman of the Arts Reconstruction Committee in 1944-45, and honorary president of the Canadian Arts Council, 1945-46.
Well known as a teacher, Mr. Fosbery was on the staff of the Arts Student League, Buffalo, N.Y. and the Art Association of Ottawa for many years.
Among his better-known portraits are Viscount Byng, while he was Governor-General of Canada, Hon. Hewitt Bostock, Hon. P. E. Blondin, and Chief Justice Sir Lyman Duff.
His portraits hang in the National Gallery, Government House, Ottawa, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Canadian Senate, the Canadian War Memorial Collection and the Dominion Archives.
Funeral will be held in St. Bartholomew Church, Ottawa, Wednesday, February 10th at 2.00 pm.
Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery.
Mr. Fosbery is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank Newson, (Affy), of Edmonton, Alberta, Mrs. Gwynne-Burroughs, (Phyllis), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Grange Kingsmill, of Montreal; and two sons, Kenneth G. of Oakville, Ontario and Edward J. of Fort Alberni, B. C.
another version also appeared Feb. 8, 1960 in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, p7.
He married Martha Agnes Patrick on 6 June 1900, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario.
Canadian artist, served overseas during World War I. Husband of the late Martha Agnes Fosbery. His artwork is displayed in the National Gallery of Canada.
The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 8th 1960;
Ernest George Fosbery, well-known Canadian portrait painter and a former president of the Royal Canadian Academy, died yesterday in Cowansville, Quebec. He was 85.
Born in Ottawa on December 29th 1874 he received his education at the Model School and Collegiate Institute, Ottawa and the Ottawa Art School and under Franklin Brownell, RCA.
Mr. Fosbery also studied in Paris, France under the French artist Fernand Cormon (1845-1924).
He served with the Canadian Grenadier Guards during the First World War, was wounded and mentioned in dispatches. He was discharged with the rank of major.
Mr. Fosbery became an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1912, a member in 1929, and was elected the academy's president in 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946.
He was also chairman of the Arts Reconstruction Committee in 1944-45, and honorary president of the Canadian Arts Council, 1945-46.
Well known as a teacher, Mr. Fosbery was on the staff of the Arts Student League, Buffalo, N.Y. and the Art Association of Ottawa for many years.
Among his better-known portraits are Viscount Byng, while he was Governor-General of Canada, Hon. Hewitt Bostock, Hon. P. E. Blondin, and Chief Justice Sir Lyman Duff.
His portraits hang in the National Gallery, Government House, Ottawa, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Canadian Senate, the Canadian War Memorial Collection and the Dominion Archives.
Funeral will be held in St. Bartholomew Church, Ottawa, Wednesday, February 10th at 2.00 pm.
Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery.
Mr. Fosbery is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank Newson, (Affy), of Edmonton, Alberta, Mrs. Gwynne-Burroughs, (Phyllis), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Grange Kingsmill, of Montreal; and two sons, Kenneth G. of Oakville, Ontario and Edward J. of Fort Alberni, B. C.
another version also appeared Feb. 8, 1960 in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, p7.
Son of Henry Thomas Fosbery (1837-1879) and Charlotte Dorothea Hall (1844-1913).
He married Martha Agnes Patrick on 6 June 1900, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario.
Canadian artist, served overseas during World War I. Husband of the late Martha Agnes Fosbery. His artwork is displayed in the National Gallery of Canada.
The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 8th 1960;
Ernest George Fosbery, well-known Canadian portrait painter and a former president of the Royal Canadian Academy, died yesterday in Cowansville, Quebec. He was 85.
Born in Ottawa on December 29th 1874 he received his education at the Model School and Collegiate Institute, Ottawa and the Ottawa Art School and under Franklin Brownell, RCA.
Mr. Fosbery also studied in Paris, France under the French artist Fernand Cormon (1845-1924).
He served with the Canadian Grenadier Guards during the First World War, was wounded and mentioned in dispatches. He was discharged with the rank of major.
Mr. Fosbery became an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1912, a member in 1929, and was elected the academy's president in 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946.
He was also chairman of the Arts Reconstruction Committee in 1944-45, and honorary president of the Canadian Arts Council, 1945-46.
Well known as a teacher, Mr. Fosbery was on the staff of the Arts Student League, Buffalo, N.Y. and the Art Association of Ottawa for many years.
Among his better-known portraits are Viscount Byng, while he was Governor-General of Canada, Hon. Hewitt Bostock, Hon. P. E. Blondin, and Chief Justice Sir Lyman Duff.
His portraits hang in the National Gallery, Government House, Ottawa, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Canadian Senate, the Canadian War Memorial Collection and the Dominion Archives.
Funeral will be held in St. Bartholomew Church, Ottawa, Wednesday, February 10th at 2.00 pm.
Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery.
Mr. Fosbery is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank Newson, (Affy), of Edmonton, Alberta, Mrs. Gwynne-Burroughs, (Phyllis), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Grange Kingsmill, of Montreal; and two sons, Kenneth G. of Oakville, Ontario and Edward J. of Fort Alberni, B. C.
another version also appeared Feb. 8, 1960 in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, p7.
He married Martha Agnes Patrick on 6 June 1900, in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario.
Canadian artist, served overseas during World War I. Husband of the late Martha Agnes Fosbery. His artwork is displayed in the National Gallery of Canada.
The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 8th 1960;
Ernest George Fosbery, well-known Canadian portrait painter and a former president of the Royal Canadian Academy, died yesterday in Cowansville, Quebec. He was 85.
Born in Ottawa on December 29th 1874 he received his education at the Model School and Collegiate Institute, Ottawa and the Ottawa Art School and under Franklin Brownell, RCA.
Mr. Fosbery also studied in Paris, France under the French artist Fernand Cormon (1845-1924).
He served with the Canadian Grenadier Guards during the First World War, was wounded and mentioned in dispatches. He was discharged with the rank of major.
Mr. Fosbery became an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1912, a member in 1929, and was elected the academy's president in 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1946.
He was also chairman of the Arts Reconstruction Committee in 1944-45, and honorary president of the Canadian Arts Council, 1945-46.
Well known as a teacher, Mr. Fosbery was on the staff of the Arts Student League, Buffalo, N.Y. and the Art Association of Ottawa for many years.
Among his better-known portraits are Viscount Byng, while he was Governor-General of Canada, Hon. Hewitt Bostock, Hon. P. E. Blondin, and Chief Justice Sir Lyman Duff.
His portraits hang in the National Gallery, Government House, Ottawa, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Canadian Senate, the Canadian War Memorial Collection and the Dominion Archives.
Funeral will be held in St. Bartholomew Church, Ottawa, Wednesday, February 10th at 2.00 pm.
Burial will be in Beechwood Cemetery.
Mr. Fosbery is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frank Newson, (Affy), of Edmonton, Alberta, Mrs. Gwynne-Burroughs, (Phyllis), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Grange Kingsmill, of Montreal; and two sons, Kenneth G. of Oakville, Ontario and Edward J. of Fort Alberni, B. C.
another version also appeared Feb. 8, 1960 in The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, p7.
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