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INGLE, Bertha May
- Born
- Puslinch, Ontario, 1878
- Died
- Toronto, Ontario, 1962
- Biography synopsis
- Bertha May Ingle (also known as Maylaw, reasons unknown) grew up in Owen Sound, Ontario. Although little is known about her early art training, in 1895 she did win prizes for her art at a local fair. In 1901 she moved to Toronto where she studied with Farquhar McGillivray Knowles and eventually became an Associate of the Knowles Studio. She focused on landscapes and portraits in her drawings and paintings, and also produced commercial illustrations. A private exhibition of her paintings was held in December 1906 at the Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression. While at the Knowles Studio, she taught briefly at the Westbourne School for Girls. In 1908-1909 she was resident art teacher at the Ontario Ladies’ College in Whitby, Ontario, and again from 1922 to 1927. Her work was shown at the Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibitions (1909, 1910). In March 1910 she also exhibited in the Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists. Ingle donated two landscape paintings to the William Perkins Bull Collection, compiled and exhibited in the early 1930s as a tribute to the history of Peel County. In 2015 her work was exhibited at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery and Roxy Theatre's Griffin Gallery in Owen Sound. Two self-portraits were included in "The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Historical Women Artists" exhibition which toured various Canadian galleries. Many of her works are held in the collections of family members while others are found in a few public collections.
- Media used
- Drawing
- Oil painting
- Painting
- Watercolour
- Education
- Knowles Studio (Toronto), 1901 - 1906 (under F. McGillivray Knowles)
- File & Archive locations
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Bertha May Ingle (Web Site). Bertha M. Ingle Artworks Association Inc., 2020
http://www.berthamayingle.ca/ - "Bertha May Ingle." Toronto Globe and Mail 22 Oct. 1962
- Alexander, Melissa. "Art is an Adventure": the Life and Work of Kathleen Munn. Ottawa, Ontario: Carleton University (M.A. thesis), 2013
- Beattie, David. The Art of Bertha May Ingle Blog. 2021
http://berthamayingle.blogspot.com/ - Bull, William Perkins. The Perkins Bull Collection: Historical Paintings by Canadian Artists, Illustrating Pioneers and Pioneering in the County of Peel. Brampton, Ontario: Charters Pub. Co., 1934
http://images.ourontario.ca/brampton/3085833/page/1?n= - Chamberlain, Adrian. "Female Artists' 'Selfies' through the Generations." Times Colonist 1 Oct. 2015
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Royal Canadian Academy of Arts/Académie royale des arts du Canada: Exhibitions and Members 1880-1979 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981
- Thompson, Mary and David Beattie. "Bertha May Ingle." Boutilier, Alicia & Tobi Bruce. The Artist Herself : Self-portraits by Canadian Historical Women Artists / L'artiste elle-meme : autoportraits de femmes artistes au Canada. Kingston, ONT.: Agnes Ether Kingston, Hamilton: Agnes Etherington Centre, Art Gallery Hamilton, 2015
- Thompson, Mary E. and J David Beattie. "On Whom the Muses Smile: Life of an Ontario Artist." Bertha May Ingle Website. 2020
http://www.berthamayingle.ca/bio
