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TOZER, Marjorie

Born
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1900
Died
Chiswick, England, 1959
Biography synopsis
A versatile artist and inspiring teacher, Marjorie Hughson Tozer studied under Arthur Lismer at Halifax's Victoria School of Art and Design, where she was considered to be one of his most promising students. In the summer of 1924, while still a post-graduate student, Tozer moved to Toronto to teach at the Ontario College of Art and Design's Teachers' Summer Courses in Art alongside Lismer. She later returned to Halifax and became an instructor at her alma mater, and a member of the Nova Scotia Society of Artists. Eventually, she accepted a job as a mural decorator in Eaton's and Simpsons' deparment stores, and left Nova Scotia for Montreal. Tozer was sketching partners with Marion Bond, and completed the illustrations for Claire Harris MacIntosh's "Attune with Spring in Acadie." On her marriage to James Leefe, the artist moved to Radlett, a village in England, where she continued to teach (at St. Margarets, a small girls' school) and exhibit, occasionally with the Royal Academy.
Media used
Book illustration
Mural painting and decoration
Painting
Watercolour
Education
Victoria School of Art and Design (now NSCAD) (under Arthur Lismer)
Memberships
Nova Scotia Society of Artists
File & Archive locations
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
"Art Association 48th Spring Show High in Interest." Gazette (Montreal) 21 Mar. 1931
"Spring Exhibition at Art Galleries: Younger Men and Women Encouraged by Jury of Selection." Gazette (Montreal) 23 Mar. 1928: 8
"The Week's Review: Some features of the Spring Exhibition." Star (Montreal) 26 Apr. 1934: 90
Cranston, Marla. "Artistic legacy: Diamond Jubilee celebrates a group of artists who came together 75 years ago." Daily News (Halifax) 5 Dec. 1997: 41
Creighton, Helen. Helen Creighton: A Life in Folklore Whitby, Ontario: McGraw-Hill, 1975: 77
Grigor, Angela Nairne. Arthur Lismer: Visionary Art Educator Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen' Press, 2002
Halifax City Hall. Diamond Jubilee: Nova Scotia Society of Artists Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1997
Hughes, Margaret E. A Guide to Canadian Painters Toronto: King's Printer, 1940
Maritime Art Association. Paintings by Artists of the Maritime Provinces Wolfville: Maritime Art Association, 1935
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
Morin, Leo-Pol. "Le Salon du Printemps à la 'Art Association'." La Patrie (Montreal) 28 Mar. 1928
O'Neill, Mora Dianne. Diamond Jubilee: Nova Scotia Society of Artists Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1998
Soucy, Donald. "More Than a Polite Pursuit: Art College Education for Women in Nova Scotia 1887-1930s." Art Education 42.2 (Mar. 1989): 23-40
Superintendent of Education, Nova Scotia. Annual Report of the Superintendent of Education of Nova Scotia Halifax: King's Printer, 1925: 192
Superintendent of Education, Nova Scotia. Annual Report of the Superintendent of Education on the Public School of Nova Scotia Halifax: Commissioner of Public Works and Mines, 1932: 125
Tippett, Maria. By a Lady. Toronto: Viking, 1992.

Writings by
MacIntosh, Claire; illustrated by Marjorie Hughson Tozer. Attune with Spring in Acadie New York: G. P. Putnam, 1931

Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, November 24, 1927) Albert Laberge.  "Appréciation de quelques toiles du Salon des artistes Canadiens."  La Presse (Montreal)  December 03, 1927.  p.52.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, March 1930) Constance C. Mackay.  "O.S.A. Exhibit."  Toronto Saturday Night  March 15, 1930.  p.39.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 21, 1930) "Spring Exhibition Has Private View."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 22, 1930.  p.3.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 20, 1931) "Art Association 48th Spring Show High In Interest."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 21, 1931.  p.16.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 17, 1932) "Art Association Has Forty-Ninth Annual Spring Exhibition."  Montreal Star  March 18, 1932.  p.7.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 17, 1932) "Art Association's Spring Exhibition Is 49th of Series. Some Five Hundred Works Greet Invited Guests at Private View."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 18, 1932.  p.6.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 15, 1934) "Art Association Spring Show Opens. Private View Inaugurates Exhibition Containing Over Five Hundred Works."  Gazette (Montreal)  April 20, 1934.  p.17.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 15, 1934) Reynald.  "Le 51e salon de printemps. Morte-saison pour les nôtres."  La Presse (Montreal)  April 20, 1934.  p.29.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 15, 1934) René Chicoine.  "Le Salon du Printemps."  L'Ordre (Montreal)  April 28, 1934.  p.4.   Full-text pdf
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
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 21, 1935) "Spring Exhibition of Art Association Opened on Thursday."  Montreal Star  March 22, 1935.  p.17.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 19, 1936) "Spring Exhibition on Generous Scale. Show at Art Gallery Opened Last Night Contains 621 Items."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 20, 1936.  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 19, 1936) "Annual Spring Exhibition at Art Association."  Montreal Star  March 20, 1936.  p.8.   Full-text pdf

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