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OWENS, Nina May
- Born
- Bolton, Quebec, 1869
- Died
- , 1959
- Biography synopsis
- Nina Owens studied art at the Knowlton Academy and later taught in Danville, Quebec. She painted landscapes and genre scenes of the Eastern Townships. She exhibited at the Spring Exhibitions of the Art Association of Montreal from 1910 to 1927 and at the Royal Canadian Art exhibition in 1918. A retrospective exhibition of her works was held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke in 1992.
- Media used
- Painting
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- 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- "La Peinture Féminine Chez Morgan." La Patrie 15 Nov. 1925
- Badger, S. "A Townshipper's Art Receives Recognition." Townships Sun 20.6 ? Dec. 1992: 1, 16
- Dean, Catherine. "The World Was Nina Owen's Subject." Record (Sherbrooke) 24 Sept. 2000
- Levy, Florence Nightingale and American Federation of Arts. American Art Directory. New York: R.R. Bowker, 2007
- Lussier, Rachel. "La vie entêtée de Madame Owens." La Tribune (Sherbrooke) 28 Nov. 1992
- Mahtani, Sunil. "From Art Exhibits to Zigzag: 25 Events that Made 1993 Memorable." Record (Sherbrooke) 8 Apr. 1994
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Formerly Art Association of Montreal: Spring Exhibitions, 1880-1970. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988
- 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
- Nadeau-Saumier, Monique. Nina M. Owens (1869-1959). (Bilingual). Sherbrooke, Quebec: Musée des beaux arts de Sherbrooke, 1992
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Exhibition at Art Gallery. Opened for Private View Last Night with Many Meritorious Works. Some Post Impressions." Gazette (Montreal) . p.13. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Variety in Spring Picture Exhibit. Private View Opened 31st Spring Show at Art Gallery Last Night. Works Number Over 400. Sanity, Sincerity and Progress Characterize Majority of Pictures-Various Branches Well Represented." Gazette (Montreal) . p.11. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Art Show Has 478 Exhibits. Even Excellence Dominant Note at Art Association Which Opened Last Night. Nothing Very Daring." Gazette (Montreal) . p.5. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Younger Artists Well Represented. Some Leading Exhibitors Are Absent from Thirty-Third Spring Exhibition." Gazette (Montreal) . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "No Freak Pictures at Spring Show. Big Exhibition at Art Gallery but Works Small in Size. An Added Attraction: French War Posters, Medals and Souvenirs on View to Aid Red Cross Work." Gazette (Montreal) . p.13. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Exhibition at Art Gallery. Returned Soldier Exhibits Two Works Sketched at the Front." Gazette (Montreal) . p.5. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), ) "Spring Exhibit at Art Gallery. Returned Soldier Exhibits Two Works Sketched at the Front. Four Artists Overseas. Late Exhibition of R.C.A. Held Works that Usually Came to Montreal - Good Watercolors." Gazette (Montreal) . p.7. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), ) "War-time Note in Academy Pictures. Camouflaged Shipping the Subject of Some Historically Interesting Works. Standard Maintained. Painters Producing Fewer Works Evidenced by Showing Pictures Exhibited Last Spring in Toronto." Gazette (Montreal) . p.11. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Artist's Efforts Reach High Level." Gazette (Montreal) . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Over 300 Exhibits in Spring Art Show. Forty-fourth Exhibition Opened with Private View Last Night. Will Close April 18. Landscapes and Marines Predominate - Some Prominent Artists and Several of Younger Group Unrepresented." Gazette (Montreal) . p.6. Full-text pdf
