Eva Brook Donly

Eva Brook Donly (April 30, 1867 – 1941) was a Canadian artist living in Ontario.

Career Born in Simcoe, she was rewarded a fine arts diploma from Alma Ladies' College and then a grade A certificate from the Ontario School of Art. From 1887 to 1890, Donly was head of the art department at Alma College. She then studied at the Institute of Artist-Artisans in New York City. She next went to Mexico City, where she opened a book shop and also met Augustine Donly, whom she married in Canada in 1896. The couple returned to Mexico City in 1905. After studies at the San Carlos Academy there, she began painting again, painting portraits and landscapes of Mexico, Bermuda and Canada.

Alma College Art Students, Eva Brook Donly, left, Marilla Adams, and Cornelia Saleno at work in the college's art studio by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, c. 1883