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WEBER, Kathleen Nichol
- Born
- Ayr, Ontario, 1919
- Died
- Toronto, Ontario, 2007
- Biography synopsis
- Kathleen Nichol Weber (“Kay” Murray Weber) moved to Toronto at a young age to attend The Ontario College of Art where she began her studies under printmaker Fred Hagan and painter Jock Macdonald. She held major exhibitions in Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Burnaby and Toronto. In 1985, the Miriam Perlman Gallery in Chicago exhibited her work alongside those of other Canadians Anne Meredith Barry and Sandra Alterger. She participated in international shows in England, Yugoslavia, Poland, Austria and the United States. Weber was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Ontario Society of Artists, Canadian Society of Graphic Arts, Canadian Society of Printer-Etchers and Engravers, and the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto. Her work is held at the National Gallery of Canada.
- Media used
- Printmaking
- Education
- Ontario College of Art & Design (formerly Ontario School of Art) (under Fred Hagan (printmaker; Jock Macdonald (painter))
- Memberships
- Canadian Society of Graphic Art
- Ontario Society of Artists
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- Canadian Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Edmonton Art Gallery, AB - Library
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Toronto Reference Library, ON
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- University of Manitoba - Architecture and Fine Arts Library
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- 4 Artist Printmakers: June Drutz, Sheila Maki, Carol Schiffleger, Kay Murray Weber Toronto, Ontario: [s.n], 1975
- Manning, Jo. Etched in Time Victoria, B.C.: Friesen Press, 2016
- Nixon, Virginia. "Printmaking Show short on Imagination." The Gazette (Montreal) 27 Dec 1980:55
- Purdie, James. "Survey of Prints Superlative show 58 Memorable Examples, a Success by any Measure." The Globe and Mail 25 Jul 1978: 15
