Frederick Horsman Varley

Nationality: Canadian

Training: Sheffield School of Art; École des Beaux Arts, Antwerp

Group: Group of Seven; Canadian War Memorials, Post-impressionism; 20th century

Peers: J.E.H. MacDonald; Arthur Lismer; Franklin Carmichael; Frank Johnston; Tom Thomson; A.Y. Jackson; Lawren Harris

Provenance: purchased from Peter Ohler Fine Arts Limited in 1996; Masters Gallery, Calgary; Mr. & Mrs. S.J. Margolese; the artist

Subject: landscape; land based nationalism; portraits

Legacy: Influenced the work of Vancouver artists Charles Scott and Jock Macdonald; changed landscape painting in B.C.





Other Works in the Vancouver Art Gallery Collection

Frederick Horsman Varley
Portrait of H. Mortimer-Lamb, c.1930
oil on board
Gift of Mr. H. Mortimer-Lamb
VAG 41.2

Frederick Horsman Varley
Untitled Figure Study, 1939
oil on canvas
Gift of Mr. J. E. Boughton
VAG 83.118

Frederick Horsman Varley
Dawn, 1929
oil on wood panel
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 86.193

Frederick Horsman Varley
Steeple Mountain, Kootenay Lake, 1956
charcoal on paper
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Reif
VAG 88.41.14

Frederick Horsman Varley
Sketch of Garrow Bay, c.1935
oil on board
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 89.14 a-b

Frederick Horsman Varley
Mountain Vista, B.C., 1929
oil on wood panel
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 89.38

Frederick Horsman Varley
Untitled, 1929
graphite pencil on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 90.15.1

Frederick Horsman Varley
Untitled, 1929
graphite pencil on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 90.15.2

Frederick Horsman Varley
Untitled, 1929
graphite pencil on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 90.15.3

Frederick Horsman Varley
Swimming Pool at Lumberman's Arch, 1932
oil on paperboard
Gift of Master's Gallery Ltd., Calgary
VAG 90.27

Frederick Horsman Varley
Untitled (Vera and Mr. Weatherbie), 1929
watercolour, pencil and gouache on wove paper
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 90.67

Frederick Horsman Varley
Young Artist at Work, 1924
oil and pencil on paperboard
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 91.6

Frederick Horsman Varley
Ice Floes, Low Tide, Cape Dorset, 1938
watercolour and pencil on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 92.6

Frederick Horsman Varley
Blue Ridge, Upper Lynn, 1931
oil on panel
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 92.41.3

Frederick Horsman Varley
Bridge Over Lynn Canyon, 1932
watercolour, gouache and chalk on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 96.3

Frederick Horsman Varley
Girl's Head, c. 1931
oil on panel
Gift of Ruth Van Dusen
VAG 98.64

Frederick Horsman Varley
Evening-Georgian Bay, c.1920
oil on wood panel
Anonymous Gift
VAG 99.24.3

Frederick Horsman Varley
Mount Garibaldi, 1927-1928
oil on wood panel
The Parnell Bequest
VAG 2000.39.7