Edmund Montague Morris | |
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| Born | December 18, 1871 Perth, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | August 21, 1913 (aged 41) Portneuf, Quebec |
| Known for | Painter and Pastelist |
| Movement | founding member Canadian Art Club (1907) |
Edmund Montague Morris (1871-1913), was a Canadian painter and pastelist who recorded the First Nations in paint and photographs and collected their artifacts (today in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto along with 60 portraits by him which formerly belonged to the Ontario government collection). He was the son of Alexander Morris, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.[1] He both co-founded the Canadian Art Club and authored an early book on Canadian art, Art in Canada: the early painters (1911?).[2]
- ^ Francis 1992, p. 26.
- ^ "Morris, Edmund Montague". Volume XIV (1911-1920) Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.