Bernice Fenwick Martin (July 7, 1902 – 1999) was a Canadian

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and

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known for her landscapes.

Biography

Bernice Fenwick Martin was born July 7, 1902, in

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. She began her art studies at Toronto Technical Schools. She continued her education throughout the 1920s and 1930s at the Ontario College of Art. Her teachers included

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and Group of Seven painter

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. In 1941 Martin met the artist Peter Clapham Sheppard and the two were sketching companions until Sheppard's death in 1965. From 1945 to 1947 Martin's work was included in the

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exhibitions. She held one woman shows at Eaton's College Street Fine Art Galleries in

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, at the Casa Loma also in Toronto, and at the Hamilton Art Gallery. One of her prints is in the National Gallery of Canada. Martin was a member of the

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, and the Print and Drawing Council of Canada. Martin died in 1999 in Toronto.

References

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