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Day 12 of the #archives #ArtAdventCalendar of #handmade #holiday cards - these two cards were created by Mabel Lockerby a member of the #BeaverHallGroup and the #CanadianGroupOfPainters. They were sent to Isabel McLaughlin by Prudence Heward. #WomensArt
“Sugar Shanty, L’Islet”, 1944, by A.Y. Jackson. Every year in March from 1921-1947 “Pere Raquette” painted in the small villages below Quebec City. He knew the customs of the locals, their card games, and their folk songs. $22,500. at https://t.co/H0WgdauDP9. #BeaverHallGroup
In keeping with Canada's summer with the Impressionists (shows at the WAG, NGC and MNBAQ), Mabel Lockerby's "Feeding the Geese", 1914, illustrates influences. #TheBeaverHallGroupandItsLegacy, p.102.
“Just last week the Montreal artists formed a new association [#TheBeaverHallGroup] and elected me president while I was up at Mongoose Lake.” A. Y. Jackson, May 28, 1920. Image: Portrait by Lilias Torrance Newton.
Two members of the #BeaverHallGroup were born in Scotland: James Crockart and Adam Sherriff Scott.
Closing time. “Autumn Landscape”, c.1950, by Anne Savage: Historic & Post War Canadian Art at Madrona Gallery https://t.co/eDjd7w1mkS #BeaverHallGroup
Georgia O’Keeffe, contemporary of the #BeaverHallGroup, was born on this day in 1887 (d.1986). Image: Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day: The #BeaverHallGroup and Its Legacy. Beautiful and jargon free. Look inside: https://t.co/xSD9T46Qp6