Glenbow Museum
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1890 Dresden, Ontario, Canada - 1967 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Known for: Native Canadian portrait, coastal and mountain landscape painting.
Mildred Valley Thornton, (née Stinson) was born in Dresden, Ontario. She studied at Olivet College, Michigan (1910); under J. W. Beatty [see AskART] and George Reid [see AskART] at the Ontario... Read full biography
Mildred Valley Thornton, (née Stinson) was born in Dresden, Ontario. She studied at Olivet College, Michigan (1910); under J. W. Beatty [see AskART] and George Reid [see AskART] at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto (1910); and at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1910). Working in... Read full biography
Mildred Valley Thornton, (née Stinson) was born in Dresden, Ontario. She studied at Olivet College, Michigan (1910); under J. W. Beatty [see AskART] and George Reid [see AskART] at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto (1910); and at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1910). Working in oil and watercolour, she is known for her bold colourful native portraits, and prairie and west coast landscape with mountains and coastal scenes. Her subjects include native ceremonies and culture,... Read full biography
Mildred Valley Thornton, (née Stinson) was born in Dresden, Ontario. She studied at Olivet College, Michigan (1910); under J. W. Beatty [see AskART] and George Reid [see AskART] at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto (1910); and at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1910). Working in oil and watercolour, she is known for her bold colourful native portraits, and prairie and west coast landscape with mountains and coastal scenes. Her subjects include native ceremonies and culture, totem poles, and native encampments. She painted the Cree, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Blood, Piegan, Sarcee, Sioux, Stoney and Saulteaux on reserves in Saskatchewan; and the Haida, Tsimshian, Salish, Kwakiutl and Shuswap in British Columbia. She wrote... Read full biography
Mildred Valley Thornton, (née Stinson) was born in Dresden, Ontario. She studied at Olivet College, Michigan (1910); under J. W. Beatty [see AskART] and George Reid [see AskART] at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto (1910); and at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1910). Working in oil and watercolour, she is known for her bold colourful native portraits, and prairie and west coast landscape with mountains and coastal scenes. Her subjects include native ceremonies and culture, totem poles, and native encampments. She painted the Cree, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Blood, Piegan, Sarcee, Sioux, Stoney and Saulteaux on reserves in Saskatchewan; and the Haida, Tsimshian, Salish, Kwakiutl and Shuswap in British Columbia. She wrote two books which combined her native portraits with her personal experiences Indian Lives and Legends (1966) an... Read full biography
Mildred Valley Stinson Thornton - Artist Info
About Mildred Valley Stinson Thornton: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsMarianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum
8888 University Drive West
Burnaby, BC BC V5A 1S6
CanadaMcMichael Canadian Art Collection
10365 Islington Avenue
Kleinburg, ON L0J 1C0
CanadaNational Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, ON K1N 9N4
CanadaRoyal British Columbia Museum
675 Belleville Street
Victoria, BC V8W 9W2
CanadaVancouver Art Gallery
750 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7
Canada