Arthur Henry Howard Heming, born at Paris, Ontario. Father moved to Hamilton about 1882. Attended the Hamilton Art School and taught there, 1887 - 90. Worked as a newspaper illustrator until 1899 when he studied at the Art Students League, New York, and in England with Frank Brangwyn (1904). Worked in New York as an illustrator and was sent by Harper's Magazine to the barren lands in the Arctic Circle. Wrote and illustrated several books on Canadian wildlife. Painted in colours only after about 1930. Associate Member of the Royal Canadian Academy (A.R.C.A.) in 1934. Died in Hamilton
His work is a part of the Canadian Collection in the National Gallery of Canada and the Royal Ontario Museum.
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