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LITZGUS, Hazel
- Born
- Lloydminster, Alberta, 1927
- Biography synopsis
- Hazel Litzgus, a folk artist who grew up on a farm near Lloydminster, Alberta, began painting scenes from her prairie childhood in 1956. While self-taught for the most part, she had some art training at the Edmonton Art Gallery. Her works were originally created for her young daughter as a way of sharing her memories and knowledge of her youth. Litzgus’ works have been shown across Canada, including at the National Gallery of Canada, and internationally in London, Paris, Brussels, New York, and Tokyo. She has had solo exhibitions at the Glenbow Museum as well as private Calgary galleries, and has been part of travellng group exhibitions organized by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. One of her works was presented to Queen Elizabeth II by the City of Calgary during a royal visit to Alberta. In 2003, Litzgus published a book of illustrations and stories, "Where the Meadowlark Sang: Cherished Scenes from an Artist’s Childhood."
- Media used
- Drawing
- Painting
- Watercolour
- Education
- Edmonton Art Gallery (under Gordon Barry)
- Memberships
- Alberta Society of Artists, 1976
- Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
- File & Archive locations
- Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Arts Branch
- Calgary Public Library, AB - Arts Department
- Edmonton Art Gallery, AB - Library
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Vancouver Public Library, BC - Fine Arts and History Department
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Baker, Suzanne Devonshire. Artists of Alberta Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1980
- Fairbanks, Carol. Prairie Women: Images in American and Canadian Fiction New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986
- Harper, J. Russell. A People's Art: Primitive, Naïve, Provincial and Folk Painting in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto, 1974
- Laviolette, Mary Beth. Alberta Art Chronicle: Adventures in Recent and Contemporary Art, 1970-2000 Canmore, Alberta: Altitude Publishing, 2006
- 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
- McMullen, W.B. Alberta Art: Works from The Alberta Art Foundation Edmonton: Alberta Art Foundation, 1975
- Zimon, Kathy E. Alberta Society of Artists: The First Seventy Years Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2000
Writings by- Litzgus, Hazel. Where The Meadowlark Sang: Cherished Memories from an Artist's Childhood Calgary, Alberta: Fifth House, 2003
