Charles Macdonald Manly

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Born
Charles Macdonald Manly

1855
Englefield Green, Surrey, England
Died1924
Toronto
NationalityCanadian
EducationLondon and Ireland (until 1884)
Known forlithographer, painter in watercolor and oil, pen-and-ink, ink wash drawings and pastels, educator
AwardsHonourable Mention at the Pan American Exposition (1901); Montreal Spring Exhibition (1911)

Charles Macdonald Manly (September 1855-April 3, 1924) [1] was a lithographer, painter, sketcher and educator in the early days of Canadian art.

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Biography

Manly was born in Englefield Green, Surrey, England. His father was a Methodist minister. [2] His family emigrated to Canada when he was young, finally settling in Toronto. [2]

After working in lithography for some years in Canada, [3] he went to England to study at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, London and then, Ireland, where he attended the Metropolitan School of Art, in Dublin (1881-1884) (renamed the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) [2] with Edwin Lyme. [3] Afterwards, he worked in London as a lithographer, [3] then settled in Toronto, where he helped found the Toronto Art Students' League (1886-1904). The League promoted drawing from life and Canadian subjects. It led to several successors. Manly's work appeared in almost all the League Calendars (1893-1904). [2] [4] [5] These are considered by scholars and the public alike as a high point in the history of the graphic arts in Canada (there was a show about them at the National Gallery of Canada library and archives in 2008, curated by Charles C. Hill). [6]

Manly went sketching with Frederick Henry (Fred) Brigden in Eastern Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes (1894-1906). [2] In 1901, he first visited Conestogo, Ontario. He came back each year to sketch in the area until 1918, when he bought property in this district. He wrote articles about the Conestogo country for the Canadian Magazine (c. 1908) and did illustrations in colour for a book published in 1909, Canada by J.T. Bealby. [7]

In 1904, he began to work at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later the Ontario. College of Art) (OCAD U) and remained on its staff until 1924 when he died. Among his students was C. W. Jefferys. [8] He was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists (O.S.A. 1876-1879, 1889-1924)) [9] and the Royal Canadian Academy (A.R.C.A. 1890) and showed his work in the academy often (1890-1922), usually watercolours. [1] He became President of the O.S.A. in 1903, as well as the Associated Watercolour Painters, Toronto (1912), along with Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, Frederick Henry (Fred) Brigden, Robert Ford Gagen, T.G. Greene, C.W. Jefferys, J.D. Kelly, J. Ernest Sampson, Georges Chavignaud and George Agnew Reid. [2] [10]

He won Honourable Mention at the Pan American Exposition in 1901 and the Jessie Dow Prize at the Montreal Spring Exhibition (1911). [2]

In the Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario is a book inscribed on the front endpaper "Notes: various / C.M. Manly, Toronto" (1855) [11] as well as Manley's biographical questionnaire from 1912. [12]

Selected public collections

Selected exhibitions

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References

  1. 1 2 McMann, Evelyn (1981). Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
  3. 1 2 3 "Article" (PDF). openresearch.ocadu.ca. OCAD. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Artists". ago.ent.sirsidynix.net. Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Hill 2008, p. Checklist.
  6. ↑ "Article". www.cwjefferys.ca. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Bealby, J. T. (1909). Canada. Toronto: Macmillan.
  8. ↑ "Art works". www.cwjefferys.ca. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Murray, Joan. "Ontario Society of Artists: 100 Years,". Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1972, p.63. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Article". www.robertsgallery.net. Roberts Gallery, Toronto. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Collection". atom.ago.ca. Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Fonds". atom.ago.ca. Edward P. Taylor Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Collection". agnes.queensu.ca. Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Retrieved 12 August 2024.;
  14. ↑ "Collection". ago.ca. Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 13 August 2024.;
  15. ↑ "C.M. Manly". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Collection". www.ocadu.ca. OCAD. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  17. ↑ "Collection". aims.archives.gov.on.ca. Government of Ontario. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  18. ↑ "Exhibitions". ago.ent.sirsidynix.net. Cobourg Art Gallery, 1973. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

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