J. W. L. Forster or, more formally, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster (31 December 1850 – 24 April 1938) was a Canadian artist specializing in portraits. Many of his works can be found at the National Gallery of Canada.

J. W. L. Forster
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
Born	31 December 1850 (1850-12-31) Norval, Canada West
Died	24 April 1938 (1938-04-25) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education	studied in Toronto with J. W. Bridgman; Académie Julian, Paris, with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger (1880-1882); Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau; and later with Carolus Duran
Known for	portrait and landscape painter
Notable work	portrait of James Whiteside, Toronto

Career

He began his training as an artist in Toronto in 1869 as an apprentice to the portrait painter John Wesley Bridgman (1833-1902). In 1871 he was awarded first prize in the amateur class at the annual fair of Upper Canada Agricultural Society for his portrait of Bridgman. In 1879 Forster studied for three months at the South Kensington Art School in London with Canadian landscape painter Charles Stuart Millard (1837-1917). After that, he attended the Académie Julian in Paris, studying with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger (1880-1882); Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau; and later, with Carolus Duran.[1] He returned to Toronto in 1883 and was elected an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[2] Among his writings are 2 volumes of autobiography and a survey of early Ontario artists.[3]

Gallery

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  Aeneas Shaw by John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
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  Sir Sandford Fleming (1892) by John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
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  Albert William Austin (1857–1931), Canadian golfer, director of the Dominion Bank, son of James Austin

Works

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External links

• Media related to John Wycliffe Lowes Forster at Wikimedia Commons
• John Wycliffe Lowes Forster at The Canadian Encyclopedia