Person Profile

Varley, Frederick Horsman

1881–1969

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Biography

He attended the Sheffield School of Art 1892-1900.

He came to Canada in 1912.

In 1920 he joined the Group of Seven in Toronto ON where he worked as a commercial illustrator.

He taught at the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts in 1926.

In 1933 with J.W.G. MacDonald he helped to found the B.C. College of Arts.

Military Service

He worked as a War Artist during the First World War.

References

Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press

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