In 1913 at the age of nineteen, Fred Loveroff enrolled in the Central Ontario School of Art where he studied for the next four years under G.A. Reid, J.W. Beatty, and J.E.H. MacDonald. He received his A.O.C.A. in 1917. In 1920 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy. During the relatively short period of his painting career, 1918-1934, he enjoyed the satisfaction of knowing that his paintings were being exhibited and published.

Describing his work in The Canadian Collector Peter Millard noted, “Loveroff’s paintings are best considered in two groups, firstly the finished studio paintings and secondly the little oil sketches, many of which were probably intended merely as preliminary studies. I have not been able to examine many pictures of the first kind, but those I have seen are crisp, strong landscapes whose chief delight is in their Impressionist colouring. Shadows, which at first sight seem merely darker in tone, on closer examination yield up rich and extraordinary colour… In addition to the more formal pictures, Loveroff has left behind him a large number of small oil sketches, now preserved in one collection in Saskatoon. Seldom dated and often unsigned, they apparently represent his entire painting career, brief as it was.”

It was during the Depression that the market for his paintings declined sharply. It is believed because the situation seemed hopeless, he departed for California in 1934 – once again to make his living as a farmer. It is believed that he never took up his brushes again. He died in 1960 at the age of sixty-six after a rapidly failing health.

He is represented in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Hart House U. of T., the Art Gallery of Ontario and elsewhere.

Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume II”, compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1979