The Women of Beaver Hall: Canadian Modernist PaintersTen women artists, counterparts of the Group of Seven, are finally being given their due. Long overlooked by critics and historians, they are today amongst the most sought-after Canadian painters. The Beaver Hall Group ventured into a male-dominated art world, lived remarkable lives, and produced exceptional work. This beautifully produced book portrays the life and work of Emily Coonan, Nora Collyer, Prudence Heward, Mabel Lockerby, Mabel May, Sarah Robertson, Anne Savage, and Ethel Seath. Long-lost catalogues, old newspaper reviews, and personal papers document their story, and more than 60 reproductions bring to light paintings that have lain hidden for more than fifty years. |
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Emily Coonan 18851971 | 27 |
Prudence Heward 18961947 | 37 |
Mabel Lockerby 18821976 | 53 |
Henrietta Mabel May 18771971 | 61 |
Kathleen Morris 18931986 | 73 |
Lilias Torrance Newton 18961980 | 81 |
Sarah Robertson 18911948 | 93 |
Anne Savage 18961971 | 101 |
Ethel Seath 18791963 | 111 |
ChronologyExhibitions | 119 |
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A.Y. Jackson Agnes Etherington Art AGT AAM AGT Canadian Group Anne Savage Annual Exhibition Art Association Arts Photo Association of Montreal Beaver Hall Group Beaver Hall Hill Brian Merrett British Empire Exhibition Canada Purchased Canadian Art Canadian Women Artists cm Collection cm National Gallery Concordia University Contemporary Art Society Contemporary Canadian Artists Contemporary Canadian Paintings Emily Coonan Ethel Seath Etherington Art Centre Exhibition of Canadian Exhibition of Contemporary Exhibition of Paintings Gallery of Canada George Williams Art Group of Painters Group of Seven Hall Hill Group Henrietta Mabel landscapes Lilias Torrance Newton Lockerby Mabel Lockerby Maurice Cullen Melvin Ormond Hammond MMFA Montreal Museum Montreal Women Painters n.d. Oil NGC & circulating NGC Exhibition Oil on canvas Ottawa Painting in Canada Paintings by Canadian portrait Prudence Heward Quebec Queen’s University RCA Annual Retrospective Exhibition Sarah Robertson Sir George Williams Spring Exhibition Threshold of Modernity William Brymner Williams Art Galleries York World’s Fair