Franklin Arbuckle (1909-2001)

Born in Toronto and trained at the Ontario College of Art, Franklin Arbuckle is well known for both his fine and commercial art. During the Second World War he worked as a commercial artist, returning to freelance work in 1944. His easel paintings, both landscapes and city scenes, mixed realism with impressionism. For many years Arbuckle’s work was a feature in MacLean’s and other magazines; he also created murals for clients such as the Canadian Pacific train The Canadian (1954-55) and Hamilton City Hall (1962) and designed tapestries for the Royal Bank of Canada building in Toronto.1

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1 “Art for War and Peace: How a Great Art Project Helped Canada Discover Itself” by Ian Sigvaldason/Scott Steedman published by Read Leaf 2015