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Paul
Peel
(1860 - 1892)
He
was almost certainly the best Canadian painter of his day,
but Paul Peel did virtually none of his work in Canada.
He was born in London, Ontario, in 1860 and seems to have
known from the beginning that painting was the one thing
he wanted to do. He studied with several teachers in Philadelphia,
in London, England, and, after 1880, in Paris, where he
married and made his home. He was a steady and prolific
worker, and paintings for sale. His career was only really
beginning wher he died in Paris of tuberculosis at the age
of 32.
