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1910 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada - 2004 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Known for: Painting, drawing, printmaking.
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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Art Method
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Conte Crayon
- •Egg Tempera
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Rural Scene, Countryside, Farms and/or Barns
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Art Teacher
- •Alexander Young Jackson
- •Charles Comfort
- •Eli Bornstein
- •Henry Glyde
- •Kenneth Noland
- •Nikola Bjelajac
- •Walter Phillips
Art School
- •Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff Centre, Student
- •Emma Lake Artists' Workshop, Student
- •Emma Lake Artists' Workshop, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Saskatchewan Arts Board Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts
- •Saskatchewan Order of Merit
Added Description
- •Watercolor Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Canadian Art Galleries
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Canadian Society of Painters in Water Color-
- •National Serigraph Society-
- •Society of Canadian Painters, Etchers and Engravers-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Edmonton Art Gallery/Art Gallery of Alberta
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery