Sydney Strickland Tully
| Sydney Strickland Tully | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 10, 1860 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 18, 1911 (aged 51) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Académie Colarossi, Académie Julien, Slade School of Fine Art, Ontario School of Art |
| Known for | painting, drawing |
| Notable work | The Twilight of Life (1894) |
| Elected | Ontario Society of Artists, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
Sydney Strickland Tully (March 10, 1860 – July 18, 1911) was a Canadian academic painter. She is known for her pastel and oil portraits, landscapes and genre pictures, and for her success in a number of academic exhibitions. Tully kept a studio in Toronto from 1888 until her death. Her major works include The Twilight of Life (1894), an oil painting in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Sydney Strickland Tully was born and raised in Toronto, the child of Maria Strickland and Kivas Tully. Maria Strickland was a niece of Susanna Moodie and Kivas Tully was a prominent architect. Tully's sister, Louise Beresford Tully, was also a Toronto-based artist who operated a Yonge Street Arcade-based teaching studio Tully's early studies took place at the Central Ontario School of Art (later OCAD University), Toronto, under Charlotte Schreiber and William Cruikshank (amongst others). In 1884 she went to London to continue her education at the Slade School of Art, where she studied under Alphonse Legros. Further studies took place in Paris at the Académie Julien (under Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Tony Robert-Fleury, ) and the Académie Colarossi (under Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois). Later studies took place at the Long Island Art School under William Merritt Chase. Sydney Strickland Tully died on July 18, 1911 in Toronto, of pernicious anemia.
Tully began her career colouring photographs and designing Christmas cards, and she worked with a variety of mediums including oil and pastel. She later became well-known for her landscapes, genre-scenes and portraits. Tully kept a studio in Toronto (from 1888-1890), where she taught regular classes, and participated steadily in the artistic life of the city. She also travelled internationally to paint and to participate in exhibitions, including sojourns in London (1895), Holland (1906–08) and the Jersey Channel Islands (1906–08). Tully wrote articles for The Globe (now known as The Globe and Mail) on European affairs, and she illustrated a children's book which was published after her death in 1911.
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