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THE WOMEN OF BEAVER HALL: CANADIAN MODERNIST PAINTERS
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Evelyn Walters
Nora Collyer Emily Coonan Prudence Heward Mabel Lockerby Henrietta Mabel May Kathleen Morris Lilias Torrance Newton Sarah Robertson Anne Savage Ethel Seath
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MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
1380 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal Quebec
Lilias Torrance Newton, Portrait of Elise Kingman, 1930
Gift of Margaret K. Carsley, niece of Elise Kingman.
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Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
February 11, 2012 to May 21,2012
The Modernists abandoned the conventional traditions of the Paris Salon and sought new forms that could express their experience of modernity. In 1905, rather than trying to represent the world naturalistically, Henri Matisse and his fellow Fauves started using intense colour as a means of expression. Soon after, the Cubists, notably Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, began actively deconstructing the world around them, to convey the vitality and complexity of life in the new century. A host of other modernist movements followed – Surrealism, Futurism, Suprematism, Constructivism and Dadaism – sweeping across Europe and shaping the history of art to the present day.
This exhibition focuses on the diversity, creativity and achievements of these artists by presenting a selection of paintings, sculptures, films and photographs from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition includes some 15 masterpieces by artists such as: Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, Ferdinand Léger and Marcel Duchamp, amongst others.
The Beaver Hall Group, many of whom studied in Paris at the time, gained inspiration from these contemporaries.
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May 3 to 5th, 2012
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Women Artists History Initiative is inviting proposals for 20-minute papers that address any aspect of a new history of women and art in Canada. These may range from historically geared analyses of the artwork and artists that such a history could include, to methodologically oriented discussions of its theoretical, organizational or technological horizons. Proposals from academics, curators, librarians, archivists and artists are all welcome.
You can e-mail a 150-word abstract and 2-page c.v. to cwahi@alcor.concordia.ca by October 1, 2011. Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Kristina Huneault, Department of Art History, Concordia University huneault@alcor.concordia.ca.
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STUDY, 1910 (also exhibited as EVELINA) by EMILY COONAN
ACQUIRED BY AGNES ETHERINGTON ART CENTRE
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
This recent acquisition which was originally included in the 1910 spring exhibition of the Art Association of Montreal might be the highlight of your next visit to the AEAC. The Montreal Herald described Coonan's submissions as "the work of a born colorist of more than average talent." See "Art at Auction": Emily Coonan.
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THE BEAVER HALL GROUP GALLERY
1339 Sherbrooke Street W., Montreal, Quebec
Opening October 14, 2011
A new pavilion at the MMFA known as the Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion will house the gallery's Canadian Art collection. The Sherbrooke Street level is dedicated to the Age of the Refus Global manifesto. It will display works by Quebec artists such as Paul Emile Borduas and Riopelle. The next level, Towards Modernism, will showcase the Beaver Hall Group, the Group of Seven and others such as as Ozias Leduc, Suzor-Cote and James Wilson Morrice. The third level will be reserved for Quebec's religious, historic and contemporary Amerindian art.
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THE ROARING TWENTIES: HEELS, HEMLINES AND HIGH SPIRITS
Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor Street West, Toronto Ontario 
Opening April 13, 2011.
This exhibition provides a glimpse into the fashions of the Roaring Twenties and, if you wish, into the lifestyle of the Beaver Hall women. Not only were they at the forefront of Modernist art in Canada, but they enjoyed the dramatic changes that marked the time.
Prudence Heward, for one, was known for her fashionable taste. She decorated her bedroom in the latest Art Deco style --- a silver bed, a black lacquered chest of drawers, glass sconces, mirrored screens painted with her own designs and a colour scheme of grey, chartreuse and red accents. She drove the latest convertible--- first, yellow with a rumble seat, then later a grey blue --- bobbed her hair and dressed elegantly. And now for the curious, a peek into the wardrobe.
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THE HOUSE OF COMMONS HERITAGE COLLECTION
PARLIAMENT HILL, Ottawa, Ontario
Several portraits by Beaver Hall artist Lilias Torrance Newton are on view in the House of Commons. Look for The Honourable William Ross Macdonald (1951) and The Honourable Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton (~1964) in the Speakers' Gallery and for Queen Elizabeth II in the Centre Block.
(The Canadian government has recently announced plans to honour the Queen's upcoming diamond jubilee in February 2012 with a new portrait by Phil Richards. This will be the first Canadian portrait since Lilias Torrance Newton's Queen Elizabeth II painted in 1976.)
Image: Lilias Torrance Newton, Queen Elizabeth II, 1976.
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Municipal Rd 55 and HWY 144, Ontario
The lookout provides a spectacular view of High Falls cascading 150 feet into the Sudbury Basin, a famous meteorite impact site, located thirty minutes northwest of Sudbury, Ontario. A.Y. Jackson immortalized the scene in his painting Spring on the Onaping River. Shortly after his death in 1974 the painting was stolen from Sudbury Secondary School and has not been recovered.
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