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NEWTON, Alison Houston Lockerbie
- Born
- Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1890
- Died
- Toronto, Ontario, 1967
- Biography synopsis
- Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton studied art at an early age before moving to Manitoba with her parents in 1910. Initially working as an illustrator for the T. Eaton Company, she returned to her studies after marrying Stanley Newton in 1916. She studied at the Winnipeg School of Art with Alex Musgrove and L.L. Fitzgerald, and took private lessons with W.J. Phillips. She worked in watercolor and color woodblock printing, focusing on landscapes, including the Rocky Mountains and streetscapes. She belonged to the Winnipeg Sketch Club, Manitoba Society of Artists, and the Federation of Canadian Artists. Newton exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy in 1941, and the Art Association of Montreal from 1930 to 1948.
- Media used
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Watercolour
- Education
- Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, 1900 - 1905
- Winnipeg School of Art (under Alex Musgrove, Frank Johnston)
- Winnipeg School of Art, 1916 - 1925 (under Alex Musgrove, L.L. Fitzgerald)
- Memberships
- Manitoba Society of Artists, 1928
- Federation of Canadian Artists, 1943
- Winnipeg Sketch Club
- Canadian Arts Council
- Arts Council of Manitoba
- File & Archive locations
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- London Public Library, ON
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Hamilton Public Library, ON - Local History and Archives Department
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Telegram (Toronto) 31 Aug. 1954
- "119 Entries on Display at Art Exhibit: Annual Spring Show Smaller But Works of Better Quality." Standard 6 Mar. 1948
- "65th Spring Exhibition: Annual Show is Opened at Art Association." Toronto Star 04 Mar. 1948
- "?" Ottawa Evening Citizen 20 Feb. 1948
- "Art Association 48th Spring Show High in Interest." Gazette (Montreal) 21 Mar. 1931
- "Art Gallery Spring Show Juries Pick 119 Items From 1,400 Entries." Gazette (Montreal) 04 Mar. 1948
- "Defence of French Art in War to be Described." Star (Toronto) Mar. 1948
- "Four Artists." Winnipeg Free Press 19 Apr. 1945
- "Galleries." Calgary Herald 8 Mar. 2001: HL22
- "Galleries." Calgary Herald 15 Mar. 2001: HL25
- "Galleries." Calgary Herald 1 Mar. 2001: HL23
- "Galleries." Calgary Herald 22 Feb. 2001: HL23
- "Spring Exhibition of Art Association was Opened on Thursday." Toronto Star 12 Mar. 1933
- "Tells How Art Pieces Preserved in Safety." Gazette (Montreal) 17 Mar. 1948
- "Theater / Arts." Winnipeg Free Press 18 May 2006: 18
- "Theatre / Arts." Winnipeg Free Press 11 May 2006: 18
- "Theatre / Arts." Winnipeg Free Press 4 May 2006: 24
- "Theatre / Arts." Winnipeg Free Press 25 May 2006: 24
- "[Photo of Artist and Her Work]." Winnipeg Tribune 21 Apr. 1945
- Ainslie, Patricia. Images of the Land: Canadian Block Prints 1919-1945 Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 1984
- Art Association of Montreal. Catalogue of the 48th Spring Exhibition Montreal: Art Association of Montreal, 1931
- Art Association of Montreal. Catalogue of the Fifty-Third Spring Exhibition, March 19th to April 12th, 1936. Montreal: The Bentley Printing House, 1936
- Baker, Marilyn. The Winnipeg School of Art: The Early Years Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1984
- Bovey, Patricia E. Alison Newton: A Retrospective. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1972
- Gibbons, Lillian. "Alison Newton Home Again From Painting in Adirondacks." Winnipeg Tribune 27 Sept. 1952
- Gibbons, Lillian. "Four Winnipeg Artists Exhibit Their Paintings." Winnipeg Tribune 21 Apr. 1944
- Graham, John W. "Two Manitoba Artists on Exhibit." Winnipeg Free Press 18 Oct. 1972
- Laviolette, Mary-Beth. "Critic's Pick." Calgary Herald 8 Mar. 2001: HL22
- 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
- Mayberry Fine Art. "Artwork By Alison Newton Wanted for Purchase or Consignment." http://www.mayberryfineart.com/wanted/alison_newton.html ?
- 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
- Perry, Madeline and Lily Hobbs. A Brief History of the Winnipeg Sketch Club. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Sketch Club, 1970
- Petteys, Chris, et al. Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 Boston: G. K. Hall, 1985
- Piland, Sherry. Women Artists: An Historical, Contemporary, and Feminist Bibliography Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994
- Roberts, Lorne. "Exhibit Details Phillips' Creative Process." Winnipeg Free Press 8 Jun. 2006: D5
- Westbridge, Anthony R. The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction Vancouver: Westbridge Publications, 2001
- White, Laura.. Winnipeg: Gallery 1CO3, 2013. Herstory: Art by Women in the University of Winnipeg Collection. Ed. Jennifer Gibson Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2013
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- 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, March 16, 1933) "Spring Exhibition of Art Association Was Opened on Thursday." Montreal Star March 17, 1933. p.19. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 16, 1933) "50th Spring Show Opened to Public. Jury Shows Open Mind. From Over 1,000 Entries, 543 Works Representative of Various Schools Have Been Selected." Gazette (Montreal) March 17, 1933. p.6. 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
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 15, 1940) "Art Association Opens 57th Spring Exhibit. Notable Feature of Display Is Unusually Large Proportion Of Portraits or Portrait Studies." Montreal Star March 21, 1940. p.19. Full-text pdf