Marion Long

Marion Long
Self portrait
Born 1882 (1882)
Toronto, Ontario
Died 1970 (aged 8788)
Toronto, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Education Ontario College of Art and Design, Art Students League of New York
Known for Painting
Movement Realism and Impressionism

Marion Long RCA, OSA, HC, OIP (1882 1970)[1] was a Canadian born artist, elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1922. She was a highly commissioned artist and often painted military portraits.[2]

Education

Long studied at OCAD University (then known as Ontario College of Art and Design), privately with Laura Muntz Lyall and Charles Hawthorne.[2] In New York she studied at the Art Students League from 1907-1908 with Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase, and Kenneth Hayes Miller.[2]

Memberships

  • Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Associate, 1922; Academician, 1933
  • Ontario Society of Artists, 1916
  • Ontario Institute of Painters
  • Heliconian Club, President, 1919

Career

Long opened her own studio in Toronto in 1913. She eventually joined Studio One. In 1933 she was elected as a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[3]

References

  1. "Marion Long (1882 - 1970)". AskART. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Long, Marion". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  3. Farr, Dorothy; Luckyj, Natalie (1975). From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. p. 42.
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