George Théodore Berthon

George Théodore Berthon (3 May 1806 – 18 January 1892) was a painter from France.

Berthon's father, René Théodore Berthon, was a court painter to Napoleon and likely trained his son in art. As well, his exposure to art in Paris would have been significant. As an adult he lived in England for a number of years and was exposed to their portrait tradition. The first verifiable record of his immigration to Canada is an advertisement for his portraiture services in a Toronto newspaper in 1845.

Berthon was notable in the history of Canada for his work with formal portraits in the Victorian tradition. His work is important both as a historical record and as a first rate example of the style of Canadian portraiture during that period.

He was a founding member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.^[1]

Paintings

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  George Théodore Berthon's Colonel John Graves Simcoe
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  George Théodore Berthon's Sir John Colborne, GCB, GCMG (Baron Seaton) Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 1828–36
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  George Theodore Berthon's George Murray (British Army officer), Governor of Upper Canada, 1815
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  George Theodore Berthon's Sir John Beverley Robinson
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  George Theodore Berthon's Peregrine Maitland
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  George Theodore Berthon's Gen Isaac Brock c. 1883
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  George Theodore Berthon's Lieutenant Governor Frederick Philipse Robinson, Upper Canada, 1815
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  George Theodore Berthon's Francis Gore
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  George Theodore Berthon's Lieutenant Governor Henry William Stisted of Ontario, 1867–68
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  George Theodore Berthon's Peter Russell (politician) President and Admin of Upper Canada, 1796–99, ca 1882
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  George Theodore Berthon's Lieutenant Governor Gordon Drummond of Ontario
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  George Theodore Berthon's Edmund Walker Head

References

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

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