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ADAMS, Marilla
- Naissance
- East Zorra, Ontario, 1864
- Décès
- Montreal, Quebec, 1966
- Notice biographique
- As a young woman Marila Adams attended Alma College where she studied fine art, graduating in 1884. She continued her studies at the Ontario College of Art, the Art Association of Montreal and the School of Design in New York. After her studies, Adams began teaching art at Simpson College, Iowa. In 1912 she traveled to Paris to study, after which she moved to Madrid to teach art. Returning to Montreal at the beginning of the First World War, Adams worked with wounded soldiers teaching them the art of wood carving and weaving at St. Anne's Military Hospital.
- Médias
- Textiles
- Wood carving
- Etudes
- Alma Ladies' College, St. Thomas
- Ontario College of Art & Design (formerly Ontario School of Art)
- School of Design, New York
- Art Association of Montreal
- Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Documents sur l'artiste- "Native of Zorra, Artist, 102, Dies." Sentinel Review (Woodstock, Ont.) 03 Nov. 1966.
- 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.
