Marion Long


Marion Long was an artist, elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1922. She was often commissioned to paint portraits, sometimes of military figures. She is known for her urban scenes and portraits, landscapes and flower paintings.

Biography

Long studied at OCAD University, privately with Laura Muntz Lyall and Charles Hawthorne. In New York she studied at the Art Students League from 1907 to 1908 with Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. Long opened her own studio in Toronto in 1913. She eventually occupied Studio One in the Studio Building when A. Y. Jackson went on active military service and Tom Thomson moved to the shack near the building. In 1915, Long contributed three drawings to The Canadian Magazine that provide a fresh interpretation of the First World War from a woman's point of view, including Home on Furlough, Looking at the War Pictures, and Killed in Action. In 1933 she was elected as a full member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Memberships

Long's work also was included in The Artist Herself, an exhibition co-curated by Alicia Boutilier and Tobi Bruce who also co-edited the book/catalogue.

Record sale price

At the Heffel Auction, April 2021, Marion Long's Little Fruit Store, an 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. sketch, sold for $40,250.00 CAD.