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George Theodore Berthon

George Theodore Berthon (1806 - 1892) was active/lived in Ontario / Canada, France.  George Berthon is known for Portrait, landscape, history and genre painting.

George Theodore Berthon ARCA, OSA (1806 - 1892)

"As Toronto's foremost exponent of the portrait tradition during the Victorian era, Berthon produced a body of work that serves as an important historical record and as a prime example of the grand-manner style in Canadian portraiture." - Carol Lowrey (1)

An important Canadian painter and draftsman, George Theodore Berthon was born in Vienna, Austria to French parents and died in Toronto, Ontario where he had lived since the early 1840s. Shortly after his birth his family returned to their home in Paris where Berthon grew up. In 1827 he moved to London, England. Sometime after 1836 and before 1845 he immigrated to Toronto, Canada where he lived the rest of his life. Berthon's work is discussed in most Canadian art history books and his portraits hang in many distinguished Canadian public and private collections. (2)(3)  

His mediums were oil paint, pastel and chalk. His subjects were primarily portraits of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10760 characters.]  Artist bio

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