Edmund Montague Morris
Edmund Montague Morris was a Canadian painter known for his portraits of First Nations people. He was the co-founder of the Canadian Art Club.Biography
Morris was born on December 18, 1871 in Perth, Ontario.
He attended Toronto Collegiate Institute, and later studied art under William Cruikshank. In the United States, he studied at the Art Students League of New York. In Europe he attended the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Morris settled in Toronto in 1896. His contemporaries included William Brymner, Maurice Cullen and Edmond Dyonnet.
In 1905 Morris held a one-man show in Ottawa featuring portraits of native chiefs that he painted from photographs. In 1906 he accompanied a government expedition to James Bay where he created more portraits. He continued making annual trips through 1910, painting Indigenous leaders.
In 1907 he co-founded the Canadian Art Club. Marsh was also associated with The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, the Ontario Society of Artists, the Toronto Art Students League, and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
He died on August 21, 1913 in Portneuf, Quebec.Gallery
