Caroline Farncomb

Farncomb was born near Newcastle, Canada West^[1] and moved to London, Ontario with her family in 1867.^[3] She studied in London with Cleménce Van Den Broeck and Florence Carlyle; at the Hellmuth Ladies College, London, Ontario; the Western School of Art and Design, London, Ontario; at the Art Student's League, New York and Académie Julian, Paris.^[3][4]

She exhibited her paintings with the Western Art Fair; the Women's Art Association of Canada; the Women's Art Club of London; with the Art Association of Montreal (1900–1909):^[3] the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1899–1908);^[5] and the Ontario Society of Artists (1899–1909) (she was elected a member in 1908), among other exhibition societies and places.^[6] In 1908, she showed her work in a group show at W. Scott and Sons Galleries, Toronto.^[7] She continued to show her work in various local venues until 1932.^[3] Farncomb died in London, Ontario in 1951. Her work is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario^[8][9] Mcintosh Gallery, Western University,^[3] the Mississauga Museums,^[10] and Museum London.^[11]