Robert Holmes 1861-1930

Photo by Alan L Brown - May, 2004

Plaque Location

The Region of Durham
The Township of Brock
In Cannington, in a park at the northeast corner of
Peace Street and McRae Street
2 blocks south of Cameron Street East

Coordinates: N 44 20.959 W 79 02.084

Plaque Text

Robert Holmes spent a lifetime drawing and painting Canadian wildflowers, depicting many varieties in water-colours. Holmes was born in Cannington and is buried here. After studying at the Ontario School of Art and the Royal College of Art, his teaching career at Upper Canada College, the Central Ontario School of Art and Design, and its successor, the Ontario College of Art, spanned forty years. Holmes was a president of the Ontario Society of Artists, a founding member of important Toronto art organizations and an academician of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. The collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario include notable wildflower water-colours by Holmes.

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Posted July 4, 2010
I noticed the Historical Plaque today, driving down HWY 12 from the family Muskoka cottage, en route to our home in Kingston/Gananoque area. As a painter, myself, i find it wonderful to see that artists are being remembered for their personal poetic and haptic images/memories..and are no longer being shoved aside as mere hobby/image dabblers. Visual Artists have provided to their fellow Canadians with some of the most significant shared soulful moments..and are dearly loved by many and could be by more. This is really our most keystone area of memory and it is great to see this monument to an OSA founder.
Jan Winton, Gananoque ON

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