Born in Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Quebec, Laliberté studied sculpture at the Council of Arts and Manufactures in Montreal and at the renowned École des beaux-arts in Paris. During his time in France Laliberté discovered the work of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), who became a significant influence on his sculptures. Best known for his monumental works and his statuettes and portrait busts depicting traditional Quebec culture, Laliberté was a member of both the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and France’s prestigious Académie des beaux-arts. He taught at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal (now part of the Université du Québec à Montréal) for thirty years. See artwork by this artist.

Known primarily as a portrait painter, Lamb was a medical officer during the First World War and he worked as an official British war artist during both the First World War and the Second World War. His portrait of English biographer Lytton Strachey, 1914, is one of his best-known paintings and represents the Post-Impressionist style said to characterize his career. See artwork by this artist.

A Montreal-based artist working predominantly in sculpture, Lasserre first participated in the Canadian Forces Artists Program (CFAP) in 2005, producing several drawings aboard HMCS Calgary. In March 2010, Lasserre participated in CFAP for a second time, travelling to an active combat zone in Kandahar, Afghanistan. See artwork by this artist.

A landscape painter and founding member of the Group of Seven, Lismer immigrated to Canada from England in 1911. He was also an influential educator of adults and children, and he created children’s art schools at both the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto (1933) and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1946). See artwork by this artist.

A portrait painter commissioned to depict many high-ranking Canadian and military figures, Long studied with George Reid at the Ontario College of Art and William Merritt Chase at the Art Students League in New York. In 1933, she became the first woman to be elected as a full member to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts since Lady Charlotte Schreiber in 1880. See artwork by this artist.

A prominent figure in establishing Canadian sculpture and the style of national public monuments. Loring and fellow sculptor Florence Wyle, her lifelong partner, were the first women in Canada widely recognized for sculpture. Loring designed and modelled the Queen Elizabeth Way Monument in Toronto and the statue of Robert Borden in Ottawa. A passionate arts advocate, she helped found the Sculptors Society of Canada and organize what would become the Canada Council for the Arts. See artwork by this artist.