EDITH GRACE COOMBS OSA, CSGA, FCA, AOCA
(1890-1986 )
Listed Canadian Artist
Oil on Board
Beautifully Framed
Signed by the Artist
Titled Verso: "Chicken Feed"
Size: h.10.5 in. by w. 8.5 in.
SOLD
Please Note: This photo of Coombs signature has been enhanced.
COOMBS, Edith Grace OSA, CSGA, FCA, AOCA
Grace was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1890. She received her diploma from the Ontario College of Art in 1918 and later taught at the OCA as an Associate Instructor and then Full Instructor; during which time she also studied at the New York School of Fine Art.
Grace’s association with the Group of Seven influenced her work. Recognized for her floral paintings, she was also a landscape and portrait painter in oil and watercolour. Grace also studied and sculpted under Emmanual Hahn and did book illustrations.
She exhibited often with the Royal Canadian Association and the Art Association of Montreal.
Grace died in 1986.