Reta Cowley SOM, BA (1910 – 2004). A prominent western Canadian painter, draftsman, and printmaker, Reta Cowley (aka: Reta Madeline Cowley; aka: Reta Summers Cowley; nee Reta Summers) was born in... Read full biography
Reta Cowley SOM, BA (1910 – 2004). A prominent western Canadian painter, draftsman, and printmaker, Reta Cowley (aka: Reta Madeline Cowley; aka: Reta Summers Cowley; nee Reta Summers) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and died in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she had lived since she married Fred... Read full biography
Reta Cowley SOM, BA (1910 – 2004). A prominent western Canadian painter, draftsman, and printmaker, Reta Cowley (aka: Reta Madeline Cowley; aka: Reta Summers Cowley; nee Reta Summers) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and died in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she had lived since she married Fred Cowley in 1945. Her works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her name is mentioned in The Canadian Encyclopedia article on Painting... Read full biography
Reta Cowley SOM, BA (1910 – 2004). A prominent western Canadian painter, draftsman, and printmaker, Reta Cowley (aka: Reta Madeline Cowley; aka: Reta Summers Cowley; nee Reta Summers) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and died in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she had lived since she married Fred Cowley in 1945. Her works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her name is mentioned in The Canadian Encyclopedia article on Painting and her work is discussed by American art critic Clement Greenberg in his essay “Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957 – 1969”. Her works are in the collections of several Canadian museums. (1). She was best known for her watercolors; but, her works in... Read full biography
Reta Cowley SOM, BA (1910 – 2004). A prominent western Canadian painter, draftsman, and printmaker, Reta Cowley (aka: Reta Madeline Cowley; aka: Reta Summers Cowley; nee Reta Summers) was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and died in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where she had lived since she married Fred Cowley in 1945. Her works have been included in exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her name is mentioned in The Canadian Encyclopedia article on Painting and her work is discussed by American art critic Clement Greenberg in his essay “Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957 – 1969”. Her works are in the collections of several Canadian museums. (1). She was best known for her watercolors; but, her works in museum collections also includes mediums such as oils, gouache*, egg tempera*, Conte crayon*, charcoal and serigraphs*. Her subjects i... Read full biography
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