Laurentian Splendour

In 1860, at the young age of 22, Fraser was hired as the first artistic director of the Notman Photographic Studio in Montreal. Seven years later, he ventured to Toronto to establish a branch of the Notman-Fraser studio. A founder of the Ontario Society of Artists, Fraser was recognized by critics as one of Toronto's leading landscape painters and was well-known for his use of light and his compositional skills.