Lily Osman Adams
| Lily Osman Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1865 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died |
1945 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Known for | Trilliums (AGO) |
Lily Osman Adams (1865–1945) was a Canadian painter. She worked mainly in pastel and watercolor, and depicted landscapes, flowers and still life.
Early years
Lily Osman Adams was born in Toronto in 1865.[1] She studied privately under Farquhar McGillivray Knowles (1859–1932) and Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832–1899). She attended the Toronto Art School where she was taught by John William Beatty (1869–1941) . In New York she studied at Columbia University and the Art Students League of New York under Arthur Wesley Dow and John F. Carlson.[2] She also studied at the University of Toronto, St John's Wood Art School, the Ontario School of Art and the Newlyn School of Art, Newlyn, England, under Stanhope Forbes.[1] In her later years she studied under L. Birge Harrison at Woodstock, New York.[3]
Career
Adams mostly used pastel and water color, and painted landscapes, flowers and still life.[2] She also used oil at times.[1]
In 1896 the Woman's Art Association of Canada (WAAC) decided to commission a Canadian State Dinner Service to be painted on china by members of the association.[4] The artists included Lily Osman Adams, Alice Egan (1872–1972) and Phoebe Amelia Watson (1858–1947).[5] Adams painted eighteen plates with underwater designs as part of the service.[1]
Adams exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts from 1904 to 1936.[2] Her work was shown at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1907, and at the Ontario Society of Artists from 1903 to 1920.[1] In 1924 she had a joint exhibition with Minnie Kallmeyer for which Saturday Night gave her work a favorable review.[2] She held annual exhibitions at her studio on Irwin Street in Toronto during the 1930s.[1]
Lily Osman Adams died in Toronto in 1945.[1] One of her pastel studies of trilliums is held by the Art Gallery of Ontario.[2]
References
Citations
Sources
- "ADAMS, Lily Osman". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Concordia University. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- Lerner, Loren R.; Williamson, Mary F. (1991-01-01). Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-5856-0. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
- "Lily Osman Adams". Canadian Museum of History. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- MacDonald, Colin S. (2014). "Lily Osman Adams". Robert Gallery. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- "The Artists". Canadian Museum of History. Retrieved 2014-07-13.