Although he did execute landscape paintings, he was better know for his portraits. Among his talents, were his skills as a book illustrator, as well as a wood engraver. He taught at the École des beaux-arts and at the Art Association of Montreal. He died in Montreal in 1977. He studied at the Art Association of Montreal, before travelling to Paris in 1912, to study at La Grande Chaumière. Edwin Holgate https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/edwin-holgate was born in Allandale (Ontario) in 1892, and served in the army in Canada, England and France in 1916-19.
He painted many murals, the best known being his designs for the Totem Pole Room (Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier Hotel). His interest in drawing and printmaking are evident in the lines and design of his painting. He was painter and printmaker, draughtsman, illustrator and muralist. Employing the same directness that he had applied to the unclothed figure, Edwin Holgate https://www.barriearchive.ca/2016/07/14/remembering-edwin-holgate-1892-1977/ explored a modernist approach to portraits and landscapes. He was buried at Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal, where he wait for your visit.
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