Frederick A. Verner
Verner was born at Sheridan, Ontario, which was then called Hammondsville, in Upper Canada. Already as a boy, he was fascinated and inspired by the paintings of Paul Kane and tried to convince this established painter to take him on as a pupil, but was turned away. A few years later, he went to London, where he studied at Hetherleys Academy of Arts from 1856 to 1860, before joining the British army, enlisting in the 3rd West York regiment. He returned to Toronto in 1862, where he worked first as a photograph colorist and then as a photographer himself. During this time, he became a friend of his long-time idol Paul Kane. Verner's work is, like Kane's, also focused on scenes from the Canadian west and also sometimes based on field sketches, although Verner didn't travel as extensively as Kane had done. Many of his paintings are based on sketches made when he accompanied Alexander Morris to the signing of the third Northwest Angle Treaty at Lake of the Woods in 1873. In 1880, Verner moved permanently to London, but continued to visit Canada sporadically to paint, and he had frequent exhibitions of his paintings in Toronto. In 1893, he became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy.
Available Artwork
Encampment
- Watercolour on Paper
- 12 x 25 in
- 1882
- Price available on request
Ojibwa on Lake Superior
- Watercolour on Paper
- 12 x 24 in
- 1900
- Price available on request
Maiden
- Watercolour on Paper
- 7 x 6.5 in
- circa 1870
- Price available on request
Warrior
- Watercolour on Paper
- 7 x 6.5 in
- circa 1870
- Price available on request
Elk Resting
- Watercolour on Paper
- 11.5 x 19.5 in
- 1880
- Price available on request
Fresh Caught
- Gouache on Paper
- 18 x 33 in
- CAD $10000.00
Exceptional Sales
Thunder Bay Look Out
- Watercolour on Paper
- 19 x 13.25 in
- 1888
- Sold
Sioux Encampment
- Oil on Canvas
- 38.5 x 56 in
- 1903
- Sold
Rainy River
- Watercolour on Paper
- 7 x 12 in
- 1881
- Sold
Ojibwa Wigwams, Time of Treaty with Governor, 1873
- Watercolour on Paper
- 12.5 x 23.75 in
- 1885
- Sold
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