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Frederick was born in Sheffield, England
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He immigrated to Canada in 1912 on the advice of another Sheffield native. In the same year he first exhibited his paintings at the Canadian National Exhibition
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In 1912, Lismer once again met up with Varley - who this time was depressed and struggling to support his family
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He participated in the Canadian War Memorials Fund art program in 1918
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He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1921
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In 1925 Varley accepted a full-time teaching position with the Ontario College of Art,
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In 1926 he became an instructor of drawing and painting at the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts.
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He won the Willingdon Arts Competition Award in 1930
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By 1936 Vancouver was no longer a viable home for Varley. The independent art school he had co-founded had failed financially and his marriage had ended. He returned to central Canada, where he hoped to re-establish himself as a teacher and portraitis
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In 1954, along with a handful of artists including Eric Aldwinckle, he visited the Soviet Union on the first cultural exchange of the Cold War.
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January 2, 1881 – September 8, 1969 he died in Toronto, Ontairio, Canada