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Frances Anne Hopkins (February 2, 1838 – March 5, 1919) was a British painter. She was the third of Frederick William Beechey's five children. In 1858, she married a Hudson's Bay Company official, Edward Hopkins, whose work took him to North America. Hopkins travelled along with him.
Sep 21, 2023 · Frances Anne Hopkins was an artist who sketched and painted Canadian landscapes. Her most famous paintings, including Shooting the Rapids and Canoes in a Fog, Lake Superior , depict long-distance canoe voyages undertaken by the Hudson’s Bay Company in the 1860s.
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The name “Frances Anne Hopkins” has long been synonymous with images of voyageurs of Canada’s fur‐trading past. Born in England, Hopkins arrived in Canada in late 1858, a young bride and new stepmother to three young boys, ready to engage artistically with her new, if temporary, home.
Oct 2, 2023 · Artistic interpretation. Hopkins’ artwork received critical acclaim for her ability to maintain accuracy and artistic aesthetic simultaneously in her paintings. Many of her works, such as Canoes in a Fog, and Running a Rapid on the Mattawa River were displayed at the prestigious Royal Academy exhibition in England during her career.
Jun 25, 2020 · DURING THE 1860s, British painter Frances Anne Hopkins accompanied her husband, a high-ranking official with the Hudson’s Bay Company, on at least three excursions with voyageurs. Hopkins sketched the daily life of the fur traders and, upon her return to England, produced large-scale oil paintings whose accuracy provides an unparalleled ...
Frances Anne Hopkins, artist, wife, and mother, captured the essence of the canoe brigades in the decade before 1870 and dramatically documented her European perception of the wilderness waterways between Montreal and Manitoba.
