Frederick Varley - Canadian Painter

Landscape No. 1: Mountains, B.C., circa 1934, National Gallery of Canada. Frederick Horsman Varley (January 2, 1881-September 8, 1969) is a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.
Varley was born in Sheffield, England in the year 1881 and studied art in Sheffield and in Belgium. He came to Canada during 1912 on the counsel of another Sheffield native, Arthur Lismer, and explored his work at Grip Ltd. He then served in the First World War and painted scenes of battle from his own experiences of the time. His major gift to art, however, was for his own work with the Group of Seven. He and Lawren Harris were the only members in that group to paint portraits.He died in Toronto in 1969.