Dorothy Knowles (AKA: Dorothy Elsie Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Elsie Perehudoff Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Perehudoff) (1) is one of Canada's most important landscape painters. She was born in Unity,... Read full biography
Dorothy Knowles (AKA: Dorothy Elsie Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Elsie Perehudoff Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Perehudoff) (1) is one of Canada's most important landscape painters. She was born in Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada and has lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan since 1944. Her mediums are oil, acrylic,... Read full biography
Dorothy Knowles (AKA: Dorothy Elsie Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Elsie Perehudoff Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Perehudoff) (1) is one of Canada's most important landscape painters. She was born in Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada and has lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan since 1944. Her mediums are oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal and mixed mediums. Her best known subjects are from the Canadian prairie landscape - fields, hills, forests, valleys, rivers, lakes, mountains, wildflowers and the big sky (2). Her... Read full biography
Dorothy Knowles (AKA: Dorothy Elsie Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Elsie Perehudoff Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Perehudoff) (1) is one of Canada's most important landscape painters. She was born in Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada and has lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan since 1944. Her mediums are oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal and mixed mediums. Her best known subjects are from the Canadian prairie landscape - fields, hills, forests, valleys, rivers, lakes, mountains, wildflowers and the big sky (2). Her mature styles are Post- Impressionism*, Impressionism*, Plein Air* and Fauvism*. AskART images have some excellent illustrations of her work. Quote: "I grew up in the landscape, and I love it. the land that you grow up on is always in your psyche." -... Read full biography
Dorothy Knowles (AKA: Dorothy Elsie Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Elsie Perehudoff Knowles, AKA: Dorothy Perehudoff) (1) is one of Canada's most important landscape painters. She was born in Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada and has lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan since 1944. Her mediums are oil, acrylic, watercolor, charcoal and mixed mediums. Her best known subjects are from the Canadian prairie landscape - fields, hills, forests, valleys, rivers, lakes, mountains, wildflowers and the big sky (2). Her mature styles are Post- Impressionism*, Impressionism*, Plein Air* and Fauvism*. AskART images have some excellent illustrations of her work. Quote: "I grew up in the landscape, and I love it. the land that you grow up on is always in your psyche." - Dorothy Knowles. She has a degree in biology from the University of Saskatchewan (1944... Read full biography
Dorothy Elsie Perehudoff Knowles - Artist Info
About Dorothy Elsie Perehudoff Knowles: Books
Books & Publications (19)
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Land Marks: The Art of Dorothy Knowles
2008
Fenton, Terry
128 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Clement Greenburg: A Critic's Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Wilkin, Karen and Bruce Guenther
0 pages (color)
Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas (Gerald Peters Gallery of Santa Fe) (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Clemmer, David and Evan Eckerstrom
111 pages (color)
Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection
1992
Paikowsky, Sandra and Lois Valliant
59 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Winnipeg West: Painting and Sculpture in Western Canada.1945-1970 (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1983
Varley, Christopher
58 pages (color)
Artists, Builders and Dreamers-50 Years at the Banff School
1982
Leighton, David; Peggy Leighton, McClelland, Stewart
160 pages
Canadian Art in Britain: Contemporary Works from Collections in Britain
1982
Shepherd, Michael
56 pages (color)
Selections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1982
Wilkin, Karen
48 pages (color)
Saskatchewan Paper: New Works on Paper by Saskatchewan Artists (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1980
Phillips, Carol A
30 pages
Twenty Painters/Twenty Paintings: Contemporary Canadian Art
1979
Lipman, Marci; Louise Lipman
48 pages (color)
20th Century Canadian Drawings
1979
Morris, Jerrold
107 pages
Modern Painting in Canada: Major Movements in Twentieth Century Canadian Art
1978
Fenton, Terry; Karen Wilken
119 pages (color)
Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, 1973-1976 (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1977
Phillips, Carol A.
36 pages
From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Exhibition catalog)