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MCGILLIVRAY, Florence Helena

Naissance
Whitby, Ontario, 1864
Décès
Toronto, Ontario, 1938
Notice biographique
A prolific sketcher and painter, Florence McGillivray traveled widely in North America, the Caribbean and Europe in search of new landscapes. After studying at the Ontario School of Art under William Cruikshank, she sought out J.W.L. Foster, F.M. Bell-Smith, L.R. O'Brien and F. McGillivray Knowles for private lessons. Subsequent to her studies, she occasionally worked as a critic at Pickering College, Ontario in the 1890s, and became a teacher at the Ontario Ladies' College from about 1901 until 1912. In 1894, she began traveling, exploring parts of Canada and the British West Indies, and finally ending up in France in 1913, where she studied with Lucien Simon and Menard. While in Europe, she came into contact with fauvism and post-impressionism, before these movements had had the chance to migrate across the Atlantic. In 1913 her painting, "Contentment" was shown at the Salon des Beaux Arts, and she was also elected president of the International Art Union. After traveling in Brittany, England and Italy, she returned to Toronto in 1914, and then moved to Ottawa, from which point she explored and sketched various parts of eastern Canada, including Newfoundland. She brought European painting ideas to Canada and shared them with other artists, including Tom Thomson whom she mentored, offering him support, advice and encouragement. Other travel destinations included Trinidad, Jamaica, and Bahama Islands in the West Indies, Alaska, the eastern United States, and western Canada. She was also a member of various associations, such as the Ontario Society of Artists, the Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, New York, the Royal Canadian Academy and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. The National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and galleries in Kitchener, London, Ontario, and Windsor all count examples of her work in their collections.
Médias
Painting
Etudes
Ontario College of Art & Design (formerly Ontario School of Art) (Sous la direction de Cruickshank)
Private study (Sous la direction de J.W.L. Foster, L.R. O'Brien, and J.M. McGillivray Knowles)
Private study, 1913 (Sous la direction de Lucien Simon, and Menard, Paris)
Associations
Ontario Society of Artists, 1917
Women Painters and Sculptors, New York, 1917
International Art Union, 1913
Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, New York
Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
Heliconian Club, 1916
Women's Art Association of Canada, 1886
Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
Hamilton Public Library, ON - Local History and Archives Department
National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
BIBLIOGRAPHIE

Documents sur l'artiste
The Florence McGillivray Project 2017
http://florencemcgillivray.ca/.
"F.H. McGillivray Dies: Woman Painter Was A.R.C.A. and O.S.A. Member." Gazette (Montreal) 9 May 1938: 9.
"Miss F. H. McGillivray Dies in Toronto." Ottawa Journal 9 May 1938.
"Miss McGillivray, Widely Known As Artist, Passes On." Ottawa Citizen 9 May 1938.
"Personal News of Ottawa People: Studio-Tea Party." Ottawa Citizen 23 Oct. 1920.
"What Women Are Doing: Social Events." Globe (Toronto) 7 Mar. 1921: 8.
Allen, W.C. A Collection of Works by Florence Helena McGillivray Victoria, B.C.: Friesen Press, 2016.
Allen, W.C.. Finding Florence 2017
http://youtu.be/7zQt9WCpORo.
Allodi, Mary. Canadian Watercolours and Drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1974.
Art Association of Montreal. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings of At Home and Abroad by F. H. McGillivray, A.R.C.A., O.S.A. Montreal: Art Association of Montreal, 1928.
Art Gallery of Toronto. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, Little Pictures by Members of the Ontario Society of Artists and Lithographs by Edmond X. Kapp Toronto: Art Gallery of Toronto, 1933.
Art Gallery of Toronto. The Art Gallery of Toronto Bulletin and Annual Report. Toronto: (Apr. 1937): 20.
Bradfield, Helen Pepall. Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 1970.
British Empire Exhibition. A Portfolio of Pictures from the Canadian Section of Fine Arts London, England: British Empire Exhibition, 1924.
Bull, William Perkins. The Perkins Bull Collection: Historical Paintings by Canadian Artists Illustrating Pioneers and Pioneering in the County of Peel Brampton, Ontario: Printed privately, 1934.
Butlin, Susan. A new matrix of the arts: a history of the professionalization of Canadian women artists, 1880-1914 Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 2010.
E. W. H. "F. H. McGillivray." Ottawa Citizen 11 Dec. 1930.
Falk, Peter H., et al. Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1999.
Falk, Peter Hastings. Who Was Who in American Art, 1985 Madison, Conneticut: Sound View Press, 1985.
Haggo, Regina. Forgotten Canadian Artists: How a Woman Tamed Nature with a Brush: Florence McGillivray 2017
http://youtu.be/P3Trw8XuZzo.
Haggo, Regina. "On the Home Front." Hamilton Spectator 3 Mar. 2001.
Haggo, Regina. “How a woman tamed nature with a brush.” Hamilton Spectator 7 January 2017, G1.
Hale, Katherine. "Art and Artists in Canada." Public Health Journal 12.2 (Feb. 1916): 96-99.
Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970.
Hubbard, R. H. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume 3 Ottawa: Published for the Trustees by University of Toronto Press, 1960.
Hughes, Margaret E. "A Guide to Canadian Painters." Ontario Library Review 24.3 (May-Aug. 1940).
Johnson, Jane and A. Greutzer. Dictionary of British Artists, 1880-1940 Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1976.
MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
MacTavish, Newton. Ars Longa Toronto: The Ontario Publishing Co., 1925.
McKendry, Blake. A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms Kingston: B. McKendry, 1997.
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.
Murray, Joan. Ontario Society of Artists: 100 Years Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1972.
Murray, Joan. The Birth of the Modern: Post-Impressionism in Canadian Art, c.1900-1920 Oshawa: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2001.
Murray, Joan. Tom Thomson: Design for a Canadian Hero Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1998.
Murray, Joan. "Another Connection." Oshawa Times 20 Mar. 1985.
Musée du Jeu de Paume. Exposition d'art canadien, Paris, 10 avril-10 mai 1927 Paris: Musée du Jeu de Paume, 1927.
National Gallery of Canada. Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture: Canadian School Ottawa: Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada, 1957.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Sixtieth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1932 Toronto: 1932.
Ontario Society of Artists. Catalogue of the Sixty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Ontario Society of Artists, 1936 Toronto: 1936.
Opitz, Glenn B., ed. Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers Poughkeepsie, New York: Apollo, 1983.
Page, Anne M. Canada's first professional women painters, 1890-1914: their reception in Canadian writing on the visual arts Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1992.
Prakash, A. K. Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women's Art Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2008.
Robson, Albert Henry. Canadian Landscape Painters Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1932.
Schell, H. R., et al. Florence McGillivray Retrospective Exhibition at "The Station" Whitby, Ontario: Whitby Arts Incorporated, 1970.
Simpson, Idola. "Special Exhibit of Works of Whitby Artists." Oshawa Times 24 Sept. 1970.
Simpson, Kieran, ed. Canadian Who's Who, 1936 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1936.
Sisler, Rebecca. Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980 Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1980.
Smith, Frances K. Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University Permanent Collection Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1968.
Tippett, Maria. By a Lady Toronto: Viking, 1992.
Topp, Elizabeth Cadiz. Endless Summer: Canadian Artists in the Caribbean Kleinberg, Ontario: The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1988.
Winter, Brian. "Whitby's 'Most Famous' Artist Gave Pointers to Tom Thomson." Oshawa Times 16 Feb. 1985.

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Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Sketch Club Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, mai 11, 1892) "General News of the City. Interesting Exhibition by the Women's Art Club"  Globe  mai 12, 1892.  p.8.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mai 25, 1892) "Art Notes."  The Week  juin 03, 1892.  p.427.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, février 28, 1902) "O. S. A. Exhibition. More Pictures and of Better Quality Than Last Year. A Very Pleasing Collection-A List of the Less Distinguished- The Public Opening Will Take Place This Evening."  Globe (Toronto)  février 28, 1902.  p.7.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 03, 1915) M.L.A.F..  "Art Exhibition. New Pictures at the Art Gallery-Ontario Society of Artists Exhibits."  Toronto Star  mars 12, 1915.  p.10.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 03, 1915) Irene B. Wrenshall.  "Toronto."  American Art News  mars 20, 1915.  13.24: p.6.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 03, 1915) Hector Charlesworth.  "O.S.A.'s Exhibition 1915."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 20, 1915.  p.4.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, mars 26, 1915) "Spring Art Show Has 478 Exhibits. Even Excellence Dominant Note at Art Association Which Opened Last Night. Nothing Very Daring."  Gazette (Montreal)  mars 26, 1915.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 18, 1915) "Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Open Galleries. 288 Fine Pictures on Exhibition at 37th Annual Exhibition."  Montreal Herald  novembre 19, 1915.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 11, 1916) "Extremes Meet at O.S.A. Show."  The Globe (Toronto)  mars 11, 1916.  p.8.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 11, 1916) Hector Charlesworth.  "Pictures That Can be Heard. A Survey of the Ontario Society of Artists Exhibition."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 18, 1916.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 16, 1916) "Art Works on View Set High Standard."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 17, 1916.  p.7.   Comptes rendus intégraux
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), avril 05, 1918) "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)  avril 05, 1918.  p.7.   Comptes rendus intégraux
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto, avril 05, 1918) "For National Gallery. Trustees Make 23 Purchases from Joint Display of R.C.A. and O.S.A."  Toronto Star  avril 05, 1918.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), avril 05, 1918) Hector Charlesworth.  "Toronto's New Art Gallery. Its First Exhibition Provided by the Royal Canadian Academy."  Toronto Saturday Night  avril 20, 1918.  p.3.   Comptes rendus intégraux
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto, avril 05, 1918) Hector Charlesworth.  "Toronto's New Art Gallery. Its First Exhibition Provided by the Royal Canadian Academy."  Toronto Saturday Night  avril 20, 1918.  p.3.   Comptes rendus intégraux
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), avril 05, 1918) "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)  novembre 22, 1918.  p.11.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 18, 1920) "Art of Canadians Well Represented."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 19, 1920.  p.9.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 18, 1920) Ramsay Traquair.  "Royal Canadian Academy."  Canadian Forum  décembre 1920.  1.3: pp.83-85.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 16, 1922) "High Standard Set by R.C.A. Pictures. Forty-Fourth Exhibition Opened With Private View Last Night."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 17, 1922.  p.9.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Ottawa, novembre 20, 1924) "Royal Arts Academy. Forty-sixth Exhibition of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts In the National Gallery of Canada."  Ottawa Evening Journal  novembre 20, 1924.  p.2.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Ottawa, novembre 20, 1924) "Royal Canadian Academy Opens at the National Gallery Here."  Ottawa Citizen  novembre 21, 1924.  p.5.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Ottawa, novembre 20, 1924) "National Atmosphere Produced in the Paintings at the Academy; Opening Night Brilliant Occasion."  Ottawa Evening Journal  novembre 21, 1924.  p.3.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Ottawa, novembre 20, 1924) "Art Comment."  Ottawa Citizen  novembre 27, 1924.  p.18.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 07, 1925) Hector Charlesworth.  "Ontario Society of Artists. Brilliant Portraiture the Outstanding Feature of This Year's Show."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 14, 1925.  p.3.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 19, 1925) "Fine Work Marks R.C.A. Exhibition. New Schools Offer Contrast to Solidly-Based Qualities of Older and Established Painters."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 20, 1925.  p.10.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 19, 1925) R.S..  "The Royal Canadian Academy."  McGill Fortnightly Review  décembre 05, 1925.  p.14.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 19, 1925) S. Morgan-Powell.  "Academy Exhibition Canvases That Have Attracted Attention."  Montreal Star  décembre 16, 1925.  p.6.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, mars 24, 1927) Albert Laberge.  "Des oeuvres remarquables au Salon de nos peintres."  La Presse (Montreal)  mars 25, 1927.  p.26.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, mars 24, 1927) "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)  mars 25, 1927.  p.6.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, mars 24, 1927) H. P. Bell.  "Landscape Prevails in Spring Exhibition of Art Association."  Montreal Star  mars 25, 1927.  p.6.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 24, 1927) Albert Laberge.  "Appréciation de quelques toiles du Salon des artistes Canadiens."  La Presse (Montreal)  décembre 03, 1927.  p.52.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, mars 22, 1928) "Spring Exhibition at Art Galleries. Younger Men and Women Encouraged by Jury of Selection."  Gazette (Montreal)  mars 23, 1928.  p.8.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 21, 1929) "R.C.A. Show Opened with Private View. Fifty-first Annual Exhibition Housed in Art Association Galleries."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 22, 1929.  p.18.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 19, 1931) "Wide Range of Art In R.C.A. Exhibition."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 20, 1931.  p.10.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 1933) "Governor-General Opens Annual Art Exhibition. His Excellency Recalls Tradition of Predecessors-Stresses Art's Part in Renaissance of National Taste."  Montreal Star  novembre 17, 1933.  p.20.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 1933) "Royal Canadian Academy's 54th Exhibition."  Montreal Star  novembre 22, 1933.  p.15.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, mars 1934) Lucy Van Gogh.  "Art World."  Toronto Saturday Night  mars 10, 1934.  p.9.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Montreal, novembre 21, 1935) "The Fifty-Sixth Exhibition of the Canadian Academy."  Montreal Star  novembre 22, 1935.  p.13.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Montreal, novembre 21, 1935) "Art Gallery Scene of R.C.A. Exhibition. Paintings and Other Works from Various Canadian Points Total 444. Much Good Portraiture."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 23, 1935.  p.19.   Comptes rendus intégraux
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, novembre 18, 1937) "Royal Canadian Academy Show is Opened at Art Association. Portraiture Represented by Good Examples and Landscapes as Usual Predominate."  Gazette (Montreal)  novembre 19, 1937.  p.12.   Comptes rendus intégraux

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