Lilias Torrance Newton LL.D., RCA, CGP, BHG (1896 – 1980). An important and influential 20th Century Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Lilias Torrance Newton (nee Torrance) was born in... Read full biography
Lilias Torrance Newton LL.D., RCA, CGP, BHG (1896 – 1980). An important and influential 20th Century Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Lilias Torrance Newton (nee Torrance) was born in Montréal (Lachine), Quebec and died in Cowansville, Quebec (about 50 miles south east of Montreal). She... Read full biography
Lilias Torrance Newton LL.D., RCA, CGP, BHG (1896 – 1980). An important and influential 20th Century Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Lilias Torrance Newton (nee Torrance) was born in Montréal (Lachine), Quebec and died in Cowansville, Quebec (about 50 miles south east of Montreal). She was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and of the Canadian Group of Painters*; and, she exhibited with the Group of Seven*. Her works were also featured in exhibitions at prominent foreign... Read full biography
Lilias Torrance Newton LL.D., RCA, CGP, BHG (1896 – 1980). An important and influential 20th Century Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Lilias Torrance Newton (nee Torrance) was born in Montréal (Lachine), Quebec and died in Cowansville, Quebec (about 50 miles south east of Montreal). She was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and of the Canadian Group of Painters*; and, she exhibited with the Group of Seven*. Her works were also featured in exhibitions at prominent foreign museums such as the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the Tate Gallery, London; and the Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France. Newton is discussed in virtually every comprehensive Canadian art history book written since the 1920s and her life is the... Read full biography
Lilias Torrance Newton LL.D., RCA, CGP, BHG (1896 – 1980). An important and influential 20th Century Canadian painter, draftsman and educator, Lilias Torrance Newton (nee Torrance) was born in Montréal (Lachine), Quebec and died in Cowansville, Quebec (about 50 miles south east of Montreal). She was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts* and of the Canadian Group of Painters*; and, she exhibited with the Group of Seven*. Her works were also featured in exhibitions at prominent foreign museums such as the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; the Tate Gallery, London; and the Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France. Newton is discussed in virtually every comprehensive Canadian art history book written since the 1920s and her life is the subject of articles in every edition of the Canadian encyclopedia since the 1950s. Her portraits of distinguished men and women adorn bo... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (76)
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1920s Modernism in Montreal: 'The Beaver Hall Group (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)
2015
Des Rochers, Jacques and Brian Foss
351 pages (color)
Artist and Model (Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto)
2015
Seidner, Eva
116 pages (color)
Rethinking Professionalism: Women and Art in Canada, 1850-1970
2012
Huneault, Kristine and Janice Anderson
143 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012
Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher)
2010
Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky
480 pages (color)
The Nude in Modern Canadian Art, 1920-1950 (Quebec Museum of Fine Arts)
2009
Grandbois, Michele, Anna Hudson and Esther Trepanier
191 pages (color)
Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists
2008
Prakash, A.K.
409 pages (color)
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Guide (Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec)
2007
Aquin, Stephane
342 pages
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
The Social and the Real: Political Art of the 1930s in the Western Hemisphere
2006
Anreus, Alejandro; Diana L. Linden, Jonathan Weinberg
384 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists: Volume 8, Safdie to Smith
2006
MacDonald, Colin S.
668 pages
From Drawing to Visual Culture: A History of Art Education in Canada
2006
Pearse, Harold (Editor)
318 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
The Women of Beaver Hall: Canadian Modernist Painters
2005
Walters, Evelyn
192 pages (color)
A History of Art in Quebec: The Collection of the Musee Natonal des Beaux-arts du Quebec
2004
Lacasse, Yves and John R. Porter (Editors)
268 pages (color)
The School of Women: 50 Canadian Artists at the Museum
2003
Gascon, France and Pascale Champagne
87 pages
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
Framing Our Past: Constructing Canadian Women's History in the Twentieth Century
2001
Cook, Sharon Anne, Lorna R. McLean and Kate O'Rourke
495 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
The Canadian Encyclopedia
1999
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,573 pages
Painting Friends: The Beaver Hall Women Painters
1999
Meadowcroft, Barbara
240 pages (color)
Contemporary Canadian Artists
1997
Matuz, Roger
627 pages
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Exhibitions and Members, 1860-1979
1997
McMann, Evelyn de R
451 pages
Making Faces: Canadian Portraiture between the Wars (Carleton University Art Gallery
1996
Aylen, Marielle
32 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Hill, Charles C
374 pages (color)
Retrospective Exhibition: Lilias Torrance Newton, 1896-1980 (Galerie WAlter Kimkhoff)
1995
Meadowcroft, Barbara
20 pages
Pilgrims in the Wilderness: The Struggle of the Canadian Group of Painters (1933-1969) (Robert McLaughlin Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Murray, Joan; Robert McL
23 pages (color)
By A Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women
1992
Tippett, Maria
226 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)
National Gallery of Canada-Guide (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
1988
La Casse, Suzanne
140 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 Montreal Collection: Gift from Eleanore and David Morrice (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)
1983
Larmarche, Helen, et al
207 pages
Famous Canadian Artists
1983
Miner, Muriel Miller and Gail H. Corbett
128 pages
The Canada Packers Collection: Selected Oil Paintings and Works on Paper (Art Gallery of Ontario) (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Finlay, Karen
38 pages (color)
Lilias Torrance Newton, 1896-1980 (Agnes Etherington Art Centre)
1981
Farr, Dorothy
31 pages
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
Canadian Artists of the Second World War (Robert McLaughlin Gallery)
1981
Murray, Joan
124 pages
Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980
1980
Sisler, Rebecca
296 pages (color)
Figures and Portraits in the Thirties and Forties: A Selection of Canadian Paintings and Works on Paper
1980
Town, Elke
20 pages (color)
Painting in Canada: A History (1977)
1977
Harper, J. Russell
463 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists Volume 5, Nadeau-Perrigard
1977
MacDonald, Colin S.
257 pages
A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War (Sponsored by Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Canadian War Museum)
1977
Robertson, Heather
240 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Farr, Dorothy; Natalie Luckyj
81 pages
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
Retrospective: Recollections of a Montreal Art Dealer
1974
Watson, William R.
77 pages
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
Four Decades: The Canadian Group of Painters and their Contemporaries, 1930-1970
1972
Duval, Paul
192 pages (color)
The Nude in Canadian Painting
1972
Morris, Jerrold
89 pages (color)
Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Creative and Performing Arts (Two Volumes)
1972
Rodney, Helen M.
616 pages
Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection
1970
Bradfield, Helen Pepall
603 pages
The Group of Seven
1970
Mellen, Peter
231 pages (color)
Encyclopedia Canadiana (Ten Volumes)
1970
Robbins, John E. (Editor-in-Chief)
0 pages
The Hart House Collection of Canadian Paintings
1969
Adamson, Jeremy
120 pages
Permanent Collection, 1968: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's Universtiy at Kingston
1968
Smith, Frances K.
201 pages
A Check List of the War Collections of World War I, 1914-1918 and World War II, 1939-1945 (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)