Marmaduke Matthews (29 August 1837 – 24 September 1913) was an English-Canadian

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, born in

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, England.National Gallery of Canada
/ref> Wychwood Park Marmaduke Matthews

Career

Matthews studied watercolour painting at Oxford, England before moving to

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in 1860 to embark on a career as an painter of landscape. He was hired by the

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to paint the Canadian prairies and rocky mountains. He worked for

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, then-president of the

, and made several cross-country trips to Canada's west, including in 1887, 1889 and 1892.Lost Rivers: Wychwood Park
/ref> He reportedly drew his sketches from the cowcatcher of a locomotive. He is also notable for playing a founding role in the

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and the

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as a watercolour painter. In

, he is affectionately remembered as the creator of

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in 1874 - a plot of land that he once lived on, that became an artists' community and is now one of the higher-income neighbourhoods located northwest of downtown Toronto. Matthews died in Toronto on 24 September 1913. His works are included in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Marmaduke English artists 1837 births 1913 deaths People from Warwickshire (before 1974) Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 19th-century Canadian male artists