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“Lilies” by Nora Collyer. On Sundays there were formal luncheons with her father in morning coat and striped trousers — just as he had come from church — and Nora as an elegantly dressed lady who poured tea from a silver service. "The Beaver Hall Group and Its Legacy” Chapter 16
Women of Beaver Hall paintings available. “Still Life with Fruit” by Henrietta Mabel May $25K; “Plant Forms with Cactus“ by Nora Collyer $12K at https://t.co/eNMsLstIY2. More: https://t.co/eDLCY3pKce
“A.Y. Jackson” by Lilias Torrance Newton, who was "a student of human nature, with an insight which has left its impress upon some of her fine portraits — portraits that are a genuine contribution to the world’s gallery of personalities." (Saturday Night)
“Girl in the Window”, AGW and “Untitled”(Seated Woman) MNBAQ by Prudence Heward. "Her women … negotiated the difficult waters of her time. They are real women.” J.D. Campbell. https://t.co/XRGVSx0UCs
On this day in 1913 the Armory Show opened in NYC. Its Modernist paintings challenged the prevailing academicism and altered the course of art history in America. For the heated anti-Modernist debates taking place in Canada see p.11: https://t.co/XRGVSx0UCs
Image: Marcel Duchamp
"Portrait of Jackrabbit, (The Skier)," c.1936. By Edwin Holgate (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts). Holgate's friend Jackrabbit cut the first cross-country ski trails in the Laurentians. https://t.co/XRGVSwJjdS
"View from My Studio, University Street, Montreal", 1925, by Henrietta Mabel May. Upon her return from Europe she set up a studio at 745 Saint Catherine Street West. p. 109, https://t.co/XRGVSx0UCs
Christmas card by Ethel Seath, a Woman of Beaver Hall. She sought to disregard Victorian discipline and adopt new approaches to teaching art. “Don’t be shy. Fill the page! Make a mess!” were her favourite words of encouragement. See page 139: https://t.co/XRGVSx0UCs
"After Grand Mass, Berthier-en-Haut”, 1927, (MMFA) by Kathleen Moir Morris who was born on this day in 1893. Illustrated on page 117:
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ADAM SHERRIFF SCOTT
"St. Marguerite, P.Q.” by Adam Sherriff Scott. Est: $1K to $1.5K. Available at https://t.co/RDwPRLExii. See Chapter 14: https://t.co/XRGVSx0UCs