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FORSYTH, Mina Mabel
- Born
- Estevan, Saskatchewan, 1920
- Died
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1987
- Biography synopsis
- Mina Mabel Forsyth (nee McDonald) pursued various careers before studying art at the University of Manitoba, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1955) and a Masters of Fine Arts from Michigan State University (1957). In 1966, she began teaching painting and drawing at the University of Saskatchewan. Between 1955 and 1987 Forsyth attended five Emma Lake Workshops; in 1977 she was a guest artist. Throughout her career Forsyth’s main focus was on the continued improvement of her work and supporting her students in their practices. Forsyth received a posthumous Lifetime Award from the Saskatchewan Arts Board in 1991. Her expressionist and abstract landscapes, figurative works, as well as still life paintings are found in many public and private collections in Canada including the ReMai Modern Museum.
- Media used
- Ceramics
- Collage
- Drawing
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Education
- Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
- University of Manitoba, ? - 1955
- Michigan State University, ? - 1957
- File & Archive locations
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Arts Branch
- 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
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- University of Saskatchewan Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- A Passionate Eye: Mina Forsyth. Regina, Saskatchewan: Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Council, 1997
- Another Eleven Saskatchewan Artists Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Mendel Art Gallery, 1972
- "Saskatchewan and the Visual Arts." Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists 2009
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/art/artists-forsyth.html - Arnold, Grant. Mina Forsyth: Flowers and Heads Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Mendel Art Gallery, 1985
- Dillow, Nancy. Emma Lake Workshops, 1955-1973 Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1973
- Heller, Jules and Nancy. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century New York: Garland, 1995
- Higgins, Mandy. "Exhibition Features Abstract Pieces by Saskatchewan Artists." Moose Jaw Times-Herald 10 Apr. 2010: A11
- 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
- Newman, Marketa. The Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists, Women Artists Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1990
- Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery. Saskatchewan: Art and Artists Regina: Regina Public Library Art Gallery, 1971
- O'Brian, John, et al. The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists' Workshops Saskatoon, Sask: Mendel Art Gallery, 1989., 1989
- Prakash, A. K. Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women's Art Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2008
- Roberts, Lorne. "Big Print: U of M exhibit of Printmaking Highlights City as Hotbed of Creativity during the '50s." Winnipeg Free Press 16 Dec. 2004: D5
Writings by- Forsyth, Mina Mabel. Drawings and Paintings Michigan, United States of America: Michigan State University, 1957
- Forsyth, Mina Mabel. The Painting of a Triptych: Subject Matter - Saskatchewan Winnipeg, Manitob: University of Manitoba, 1955
