Seated Woman Reading (c.1913). Frank Milton Armington (Canadian, 1876-1941). Oil on canvas.
Frank Armington studied art in Toronto, under J. W. L. Forster, and in Paris, first at the Academie Julian, under Benjamin Constant and Chaumiere, under Lucien Simon. Frank Armington first went to Paris in 1899, but returned to Canada with his wife Caroline to teach art in Winnipeg from 1901 through 1905.
Sisters reading (1893). Marie Louise Catherine Breslau (German-born Swiss, 1856-1927). Pastel.
At the Académie Julian, Breslau soon gained the attention of its highly regarded instructors and the jealousy of some of her classmates, including the Russian Marie Bashkirtseff. In 1879, with a portrait Tout passé, Breslau was the only student from the Académie Julian women’s atelier to debut at the Paris Salon.
A Reading of Poetry (or Woman Reading) (1965). William Patrick Roberts (English, 1895-1980). Oil on canvas. National Galleries Scotland.
A major retrospective of his work, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and curated by Ronald Alley, opened at the Tate Gallery in 1965, and a smaller version was also shown in Newcastle and Manchester. In the same year Roberts was offered, but rejected, an OBE.
