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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Books & Publications (32)
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North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary
2013
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
634 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting, (Third Edition)
2012
Reid, Dennis
506 pages (color)
Perspectives of Saskatchewan
2009
Porter, Jene M
377 pages (color)
Abstract Painting in Canada (Exhibition catalog)
2008
Nasgaard, Roald
432 pages (color)
Reta Summers Cowley
2006
Fenton, Terry
118 pages (color)
Biographical Index of Artists in Canada
2003
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
250 pages
The Canadian Encyclopedia
1999
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,573 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists A to F, 5th Edition
1997
MacDonald, Colin S.
811 pages (color)
A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms
1997
McKendry, Blake
242 pages (color)
The Collected Essays and Criticism: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969
1995
Greenberg, Clement
358 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
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)
Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists: Women Artists
1990
Newman, Marketa and Eva J. Newman (Editors)
309 pages
The Mackenzie Art Gallery: Norman Mackenzie's Legacy (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1990
Riddell, W.A., Cindy Richmond and Timothy Long
191 pages (color)
The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists' Workshops (Mendel Art Gallery)
1989
O'Brian, John et al
150 pages (color)
Mendel Art Gallery: Twenty Five Years of Collecting (Mendel Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Teitelbaum, Matthew
100 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: Second Edition: (Four Volumes)
1988
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,736 pages (color)
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
The Canadian Encyclopedia: (Three Volumes)
1985
Marsh, James H. (Editor)
2,089 pages (color)
Regina Collects
1984
Parke-Taylor, Michael
59 pages
Contemporary Canadian Art
1983
Burnett, David; Marilyn Schiff
300 pages (color)
Winnipeg West: Painting and Sculpture in Western Canada.1945-1970 (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1983
Varley, Christopher
58 pages (color)
Selections from the Westburne Collection (Edmonton Art Gallery)
1982
Wilkin, Karen
48 pages (color)
Watercolour Painting in Saskatchewan, 1905-1980 (Mendel Art Gallery)
1981
Christie, Robert
44 pages
The University of Saskatchewan Permanent Art Collection, 1980
1980
Bell, Lynne S. and Isobel Findlay
260 pages
Saskatchewan Paper: New Works on Paper by Saskatchewan Artists (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1980
Phillips, Carol A
30 pages
Norman Mackenzie: Building a Collection (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)
1978
Phillips, Carol A.
76 pages (color)
The Shell Canada Collection: A Selection of Canadian Art Assembled by the Employees of Shell Canada
1977
Shammas, Basil
77 pages (color)
Changing Visions: The Canadian Landscape (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1976
Wilkin, Karen and Roald Nasgaard
60 pages (color)
Canadian Art Today
1970
Townsend, William
114 pages (color)
Ten Artists of Saskatchewan (Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery)