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William Edwin Atkinson

William Edwin Atkinson (1862 - 1926) was active/lived in Ontario / Canada, England.  William Atkinson is known for Atmospheric landscape, streets scenes, still life and genre painting.

William Edwin Atkinson OSA, ARCA, CAC was a painter and draftsman.  He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where, other than for education and travel, he lived his whole life and died.  His teachers included Thomas Eakins and William Bouguereau; he even had a brief association with Paul Gauguin [see footnote 1.2]. Most comprehensive Canadian art history books discuss Atkinson, and his works are in numerous Canadian museums. (1)

His mediums included oil, watercolor, ink, graphite and gouache*. His subjects were landscapes, villages, street scenes, farms, rivers, beaches, boats, still life, genre* and natural atmospheric effects such as dawn, dusk and moonlight. His styles included Tonalism* and Realism*. AskART has excellent illustrations of his work. (2)

Atkinson's art education included studies at the Ontario School of Art*, Toronto (1881) under John A. Fraser (see AskART) and Robert Harris (see AskART); the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts*, Philadelphia (1   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9352 characters.]  Artist bio

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