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MCKIE, Mary
- Born
- ?, 1825
- Died
- ?, 1883
- Biography synopsis
- Mary R. McKie (active 1840-1862) was an amateur artist who taught and worked in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She studied with Maria Morris and showed her work at the Nova Scotia Industrial Exhibition in 1854 and the International Exhibition of 1862. Her drawings and watercolors are found in various albums in the National Library and Archives of Canada. Most of her works represent Mi'kmaq peoples; however, she also worked in landscapes. A few watercolour portraits of Mi'kmaq and black subjects were sold to Lady Falkland and included in her album while her husband was Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1840-46. In 1861 McKie moved to England.
- Media used
- Drawing
- Watercolour
- File & Archive locations
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Bell, Michael. Painters in a New Land: From Annapolis Royal to the Klondike Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1973
- Burant, Jim, et al. A Place in History: Twenty Years of Acquiring Paintings, Drawings and Prints at the National Archives of Canada Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1991
- Carter, Alixe. "They Recorded an Exciting Period." Ottawa Journal 11 Feb. 1972: 25
- Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970
- O'Neill, Mora, Dianne. "A Path to Learning: Early Nova Scotian Women Artists." Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal 39 (Spring/Summer 2012): 26
- Public Archives of Canada. Image of Canada: Documentary Watercolours and Drawings from the Permanent Collection of the Public Archives of Canada Ottawa: Information Canada, 1972
- Sparling, Mary. "Nova Scotia Women and the Ornamental Branches." Great Expectations: the European Vision in Nova Scotia: 1749-1848 Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University, 1980: 53-72
- Tippett, Maria. By a Lady Toronto: Viking, 1992
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 21, 1935) "Nearly 500 Works at Spring Exhibit. Variety in Show at Galleries of Art Association of Montreal. 1,080 Items Submitted. Judges Reveal Open Minds and 52nd Annual Contains Much to Meet Differing Tastes." Gazette (Montreal) March 22, 1935. p.3. Full-text pdf
