Frederick Challener
Frederick Sproston Challener | |
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 Challener in 1930 | |
| Born | Frederick Sproston Challener July 7, 1869 Whetstone, Middlesex, England |
| Died | September 30, 1959 (aged 90) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Other names | F.S. Challener; Frederick S. Challener |
| Education | Central Ontario School of Art |
| Occupations | Muralist, painter, draftsman, commercial artist, teacher |
| Spouse | Ethel White (m. 1902) |
Frederick Sproston Challener RCA (1869–1959), who signed his name as F.S. Challener, was a Canadian painter of murals as well as an easel painter of oils and watercolours and a draftsman in black-and-white and pastel. He also did illustrations for books and commercial art. He "easily ranks with the first few mural decorators in Canada", wrote Newton MacTavish, author of The Fine Arts in Canada (MacMillan, 1925).