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Caroline Helena Armington (1875-1939)

Title: “The White House”

Medium: Etching, ed. 4^th State, Single Print (One of a Kind)

Period: Dated 1924

Size: 7.5” x 10”

Comments: A Print from this edition was given to former First Lady Mrs. Calvin Coolidge as well as the Dayton Museum of Art. Caroline and her husband Frank would purchase old ledgers from the booksellers on the Left Bank in Paris to produce their etchings on. The paper for each print is different and can be as old as from the 18^th Century. This is print is included in the book Caroline and Frank Armington: Canadian Painter-Etchers in Paris.  

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Caroline Armington was born in Brampton, Ontario and first studied under J.W.L. Forster in Toronto, where she met her future husband, Frank Armington. In 1905 she moved to Paris and attended the Academie Julian and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere under Henri Royer, E. Schommer and Paul Gervais. She returned to the Academie Julian in 1909 and began making etchings around this time. In 1910, the National Gallery of Canada purchased the first of many of her etchings, followed by two additional ones in 1911. Shortly thereafter, she and her husband, Frank, received a commission from the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) to create a series of etchings. Five of these were later donated to the British Museum. During World War One, she and Frank served with the American Ambulance Service in Paris, and Caroline was later commissioned to create etchings for the Canadian War Memorials collection. In 1922, she and Frank both contributed miniature etchings to Queen Mary’s Doll’s House. In 1929 the Armingtons had their first joint show at the Art Gallery of Toronto (currently the Art Gallery of Ontario). Caroline also had a solo show at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Her etchings are in countless international collections including CANADA: the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the National Archives in Ottawa, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. UNITED STATES: the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. EUROPE: British Museum in London, Victoria and Albert Museum, the Musee du Louvre, the Bibliotheque Nationale, Musee Nationale d’Art Moderne and many more.