Frederick Varley

Frederick Horsman Varley, also known as Fred Varley , was a member of the Canadian Group of Seven artists.

Varley was born in Sheffield, England. in 1881. He studied art in Sheffield and attended Acadmie royale des BeauxArts in Antwerp, Belgium, where he worked on the docks. He immigrated to Canada in 1912 on the advice of another Sheffield native , Arthur Lismer, and found work at the Grip Ltd. design firm in Toronto, Ontario.

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