In his art criticism he was noted for his antagonism to the Group of Seven, and "for them he became the embodiment of reactionary opposition to new ways of painting the Canadian landscape."[3]
His wife Katherine died in July 1944. He died at his home in Toronto on 30 December 1945.[4]
^Parker, Charles Whately; Greene, Barnet M., eds. (1922). Who's Who in Canada, Volume 16. International Press. p. 1188. Retrieved 18 July 2020 – via Google Books.
^Fetherling, Douglas; McLean, Maud (6 March 2015). "Hector Charlesworth". Canadian Encyclopedia.
^Walton, Paul H. (1992). "Beauty My Mistress: Hector Charlesworth as Art Critic". Journal of Canadian Art History. 15 (1): 84–107. JSTOR42615733.