Helen Galloway McNicoll was a painter who was born in Toronto. While she was an infant, her family moved to Montreal, Quebec, which was to remain her Canadian home for the rest of her life. From 1902... Read full biography
Helen Galloway McNicoll was a painter who was born in Toronto. While she was an infant, her family moved to Montreal, Quebec, which was to remain her Canadian home for the rest of her life. From 1902 until her death (1), she divided her time between Montreal, England and France. She died in... Read full biography
Helen Galloway McNicoll was a painter who was born in Toronto. While she was an infant, her family moved to Montreal, Quebec, which was to remain her Canadian home for the rest of her life. From 1902 until her death (1), she divided her time between Montreal, England and France. She died in Swanage, Dorset, England. Her mediums were oil and watercolour. Her subjects are landscapes, beachscapes, women, children and genre. Most of her works depict children or women at work or leisure in tranquil... Read full biography
Helen Galloway McNicoll was a painter who was born in Toronto. While she was an infant, her family moved to Montreal, Quebec, which was to remain her Canadian home for the rest of her life. From 1902 until her death (1), she divided her time between Montreal, England and France. She died in Swanage, Dorset, England. Her mediums were oil and watercolour. Her subjects are landscapes, beachscapes, women, children and genre. Most of her works depict children or women at work or leisure in tranquil intimate rural settings. The geographic locations are Quebec, England and France. Her style was impressionist and plein air. As an impressionist the effects of light, in her case bright sunlight, on the subject is a major focus of the work. She... Read full biography
Helen Galloway McNicoll was a painter who was born in Toronto. While she was an infant, her family moved to Montreal, Quebec, which was to remain her Canadian home for the rest of her life. From 1902 until her death (1), she divided her time between Montreal, England and France. She died in Swanage, Dorset, England. Her mediums were oil and watercolour. Her subjects are landscapes, beachscapes, women, children and genre. Most of her works depict children or women at work or leisure in tranquil intimate rural settings. The geographic locations are Quebec, England and France. Her style was impressionist and plein air. As an impressionist the effects of light, in her case bright sunlight, on the subject is a major focus of the work. She studied at the Art Association of Montreal (1899-02) under William Brymner (... Read full biography
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About Helen Galloway McNicoll: Books
Books & Publications (19)
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AGO: Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario
2013
Editor, Art Gallery of Ontario
357 pages (color)
Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists
2008
Prakash, A.K.
409 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes)
2006
Benezit, E
0 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists
1997
Martin, Elizabeth; Vivian Meyer
176 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Visions of Light and Air: Canadian Impressionism (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Lowrey, Carol
152 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)
Canadian Impressionism
1990
Duval, Paul
166 pages (color)
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index