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Farncomb, Caroline |
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Caroline Farncomb (1859-1951) was a close family friend of the Harris family and a well-respected artist. Farncomb was born in Newcastle, Ontario, where her family had settled in the early 1850s. In 1867, the Farncomb family moved to London, Ontario, where her father bought Fairview Farm and became a gentleman farmer. There were ten children in the Farncomb family. Farncomb studied with Mlle Van den Broeck in London, William Chase in New York, and in Paris at the Académie Julian. She exhibited her work in Canada and Europe, receiving many first prizes in exhibitions in London, Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. Farncomb painted her surroundings including her family, friends, animals, and landscapes. A number of her paintings can be found at Benares including a portrait of Mary Harris, Arthur Harris, Brownie the cat and a still life of birds. Caroline acted as the chaperone for Annie Harris and two of her friends in 1903 on a tour of Europe. She never married and died in London, Ontario on November 13, 1951. Ref: Gabriel P Weisberg and Jane R. Becker, Overcoming all Obstacles: The Women of the Académie Julian (New Jersey: Rutgers University, 1999); Nancy Geddes Poole, The Art of London, 1830-1980 (London, Ontario: Blackpool Press, 1984); Rebecca Sisler, Passionate Spirits (Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited, 1980), 36. |
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BE2003.2.145 - Painting
Looking out from front of Benares through the old acacias to front field
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