Edmund Wyly Grier

Sir Edmund Wyly Grier (November 26, 1862 – December 7, 1957), also known as E. Wyly Grier, was an Australian-born Canadian portrait painter.

Career Grier first came to Canada with his parents in 1876 and attended Upper Canada College but when he graduated, he and his parents went back to England so that he could study at the Slade School of Art in London. He studied at the Slade with Alphonse Legros, in Rome at the Scuola Libera del Nudo, and in Paris at the Académie Julian with Adolphe Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. He exhibited from 1886 to 1895 at the Royal Society of British Artists and at the Royal Academy. In 1890, he won a gold medal at the Paris Salon. becoming its president in 1929–1939. In 1901, he won a silver medal at the Pan-American Exhibition at Buffalo. and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery.

Personal life From 1897 to 1903, he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery, rising to the rank of major in command of the 9th Field Battery. In 1903, he served as vice-president of the Royal Military Institute.

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