Born in Galt, Ontario, Florence Carlyle (1864-1923), emerged as one of the most successful Canadian artists of her time. She was trained in Paris and lived and worked in New York City as well as Canada, cultivating a career as a popular portrait and genre painter. Known for her masterful use of colour, Carlyle's paintings are nuanced and perceptive portrayals of feminine spaces, the female figure, and women's domestic work.