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