Rowley Murphy RCA (28 May 1891 – 1975) was a marine painter, illustrator, and designer of stained glass.
Manly and Robert Holmes,[1] and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia with J. Alden Weir among other teachers,[1] where he was awarded two Cresson European Travel Scholarships in 1913 and 1914.
He joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1940[2] and won a prize in the First Victory Loan Poster Competition that year.
He served as an Official War Artist from June 1943 until May 1944 and held the naval rank of lieutenant.
[2] He continued teaching at OCAD after the war as well as teaching for the Ontario Department of Education[3] and wrote and illustrated articles of marine interest,[5] as well as writing articles such as one on the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse on the Toronto Islands.