Frederick Stanley Haines (29 March 1879 in
Meaford, Ontario
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– 21 November 1960 in
Thornhill, Ontario
Thornhill is a suburban district in the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada, split between the City of Vaughan (its western portion) and the City of Markham (its eastern portion), with Yonge Street forming the municipal boundary. Tho ...
), more commonly known as Fred S. Haines, was a Canadian painter. An accomplished and versatile artist, he is well known for his
watercolours
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to ...
,
oil paintings
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of ...
,
gouaches
Gouache (; ), body color, or opaque watercolor is a water-medium paint consisting of natural pigment, water, a binding agent (usually gum arabic or dextrin), and sometimes additional inert material. Gouache is designed to be opaque. Gouache h ...
,
engravings
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an in ...
and
prints
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. He was a colleague and friend of the
Group of Seven
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.
Career
Born in Meaford, he studied at the
Central Ontario School of Art. He continued his art studies in Europe at the
Academie Royale, in Antwerp, Belgium, where he was awarded a gold medal for figure painting.
He was a founding member of the
Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers
The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE) was a non-profit organization of Canadian etchers and engravers.
History
The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers (CPE) was founded in 1916 as a successor to the short-lived ...
in 1916, the president of the
Ontario Society of Artists
The Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) was founded in 1872. It is Canada's oldest continuously operating professional art society. When it was founded at the home of John Arthur Fraser, seven artists were present. Besides Fraser himself, Marmaduke M ...
in 1924 (elected a member in 1906),
[A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada] a founding member of the
Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (in French: La Société Canadienne de Peintres en Aquarelle), founded in 1925 is considered to be Canada's official national watercolour Society. Since the 1980s the Society has enjoyed Vice-regal ...
in 1925, and a full member in 1933 and from 1939 to 1942, the president of the
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) is a Canadian arts-related organization that was founded in 1880.
History 1880 to 1890
The title of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts was received from Queen Victoria on 16 July 1880. The Governor General ...
.
In 1928, Haines was appointed Curator at the
Art Gallery of Toronto
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO; french: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West between McCaul and Beve ...
where he remained until his appointment as Principal of the
Ontario College of Art
Ontario College of Art & Design University, commonly known as OCAD University or OCAD, is a public art university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus is spread throughout several buildings and facilities within do ...
in 1932. He retired from teaching in 1951.
After his death in 1960, an exhibition of his work was held at the Art Gallery of Toronto.
His work is in the permanent collections of the
National Gallery of Canada
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and elsewhere.
William E. Coutts, owner of the
Coutts Company and a great supporter of the arts in Canada, commissioned 26 artists, including Haines, to design greeting cards as a means of increasing interest in Canadian art. The cards were produced between 1926 and 1931 as serigraphs and as reproductive prints. He also did prints for Sampson-Matthews.
The Town of Meaford hosted an exhibition from 10 September to 30 September 2010 which honoured his memory on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Signature
He signed his artwork Fred. S. Haines.
Frederick Stanley Haines Signature on Find Art Info
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Notes
External links
The Frederick S. Haines Commemorative Exhibition
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19th-century Canadian painters
Canadian male painters
20th-century Canadian painters
Modern painters
Artists from Ontario
1879 births
1960 deaths
People from Grey County
Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
19th-century Canadian male artists
20th-century Canadian male artists
Academic staff of OCAD University
Canadian academic administrators
OCAD University administrators
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni