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COWLEY, Reta
- Naissance
- Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 1910
- Décès
- Saskatchewan, 2004
- Notice biographique
- Recognized for her watercolours, Reta Madeline Cowley (née Summers) studied painting at the University of Saskatchewan, at Emma Lake with A.F. Kenderdine, and also at the Banff School of Fine Arts with W.J. Phillips. In addition to these two artists, her work was influenced by Nikola Bjelajac and Eli Bornstein. She taught at Emma Lake in 1948-49, and again in 1953. She was known especially for her landscape watercolours. She is represented at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
- Médias
- Painting
- Watercolour
- Etudes
- Banff School of Fine Arts, 1941 - 1944 (Sous la direction de W.J. Phillips)
- Emma Lake - University of Saskatchewan Art School, 1937 - 1940 (Sous la direction de A.F. Kenderdine)
- Associations
- Saskatchewan Society of Artists
- Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Edmonton Art Gallery, AB - Library
- London Art Gallery, ON
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- University of Manitoba - Architecture and Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Arts Branch
- London Public Library, ON
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- University of Saskatchewan Archives
- Museum of Modern Art, NY
- BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Documents sur l'artiste- From realism to abstraction : Saskatchewan artists Regina: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1970.
- Pages From a Summer Sketch Book : Six Pen and Ink Drawings Saskatoon: Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory, 1969.
- Reta Cowley : Recent Works on Paper Toronto: Gallery One, 1986.
- Saskatoon--Thirteen Artists Regina: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1969.
- The Private eye : Sandra Blow, Paul-Emile Borduas, Eli Bornstein, Jack Bush, Reta Cowley... Saskatoon: Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation, 1979.
- Dillow, Nancy. Reta Cowley Regina: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1975.
- Fenotn, Terry. Watercolour Painters from Saskatchewan/Aquarellistes de la Saskatchewan Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1971.
- Fenton, Terry. Reta Summers Cowley Reta Summers Cowley Reta Summers Cowley Reta Summers Cowley Reta Summers Cowley Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2006.
- Fenton, Terry. High Culture in Prairie Canada Art-News Vol. 73, Sept. 1974: 27-29.
- Greenberg, Clement. "Clement Greenberg's View of Art on the Prairies." Canadian Art 20.2 (1984): 96.
- Long, Timothy. Picasso on the Prairies Regina: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1993.
- 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.
- Millard, Peter. Reta Cowley Arts West Vol. 3 - 3, May, June 1978: 4-7.
- Newman, Marketa. The Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists, Women Artists Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1990.
- O'Brian, John, et al. The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists' Workshops Saskatoon, Sask: Mendel Art Gallery, 1989., 1989.
- Ouellet, Raymond. Reta Cowley Edmonton: Edmonton Art Gallery, 1976.
- Rees, Ronald. Land of Earth and Sky: Landscape Painting of Western Canada Western Producer Prairie Books, 1984.
- Reichwein, P. and K. Wall. Uplift: Visual Culture at the Banff School of Fine Arts Banff: Banff School of Fine Arts, 2020.
- Ring, Dan. Reta Cowley:a Survey Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 1986.
- Rockman, Arnold. How 20 Canadians Draw the Line Canadian Art Vol. 21, Mar 1964: 85-95.
- Simmins, Richard and W.G. Constable. Ten Artists of Saskatchewan, 1955 Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1955.
- Walters, Louise. Saskatoon Women Artists Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 1975.
