Edwin Headley Holgate

Born Allandale, Ontario, 1892. Died, Montreal, 1977

Education:
Art Association of Montreal, c. 1908 (under William Brymner & Alberta Cleland)
Académie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris c. 1912 -1913 (under Claudio Castelucho, Lucien Simon & Réne Ménard)
Académie Colarossi, Paris,1920 (under Adolphe Milman) 

Memberships:
Beaver Hall Group, 1920 (Founding member)
Group of Seven (1931)
Canadian Group of Painters, 1933 (Founding member)
Royal Canadian Academy, 1934 (Associate) 1935 (Full member)

Known for: Figure studies, portraits, landscapes

Example in public collection: Nude in a landscape

Auction Price Record:

Near Amiens

19 3/4 x 24in 50.2 x 61cm
1918
oil on canvas

Sold for:   $575,000 CAD
Sale date: Thursday, May 22, 2008
Heffel