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MERCIER, Berangere
- Born
- Laurier, Quebec, 1898
- Died
- Edmonton, Alberta, 1981
- Biography synopsis
- In addition to active involvement in the visual arts community in Edmonton, Mercier also played an important role in the musical world of Edmonton as an opera singer in 1935. A landscape and portrait painter, she studied with Edmonton artist William Johnstone, but for the most part considered herself self-taught. She was a charter member of the Edmonton Art Club beginning in 1921 and served as the club's president in 1950, 1951 and 1961. She completed studies at the Toronto Conservatory of Music and was a charter member of the Edmonton Civic Opera Society in 1935. She also supported francophone culture and was a member of Les Bonnes Amies Club. She was one of thirty-five women included in a Photobiography prepared by the Section Régionale of the Alberta Fédération des femmes canadiennes-françaises. The Photobiography was a Special Programmes Project entitled "Revalorisation du Rôle de la Femme Francophone."
- Media used
- Collage
- Mixed media
- Oil painting
- Memberships
- Edmonton Art Club, President 1951, 1961
- File & Archive locations
- Provincial Archives of Alberta
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Edmonton Art Club Works to be Exhibited." Edmonton Journal 2 Mar. 1973: 8
- “Miss B. Mercier Heads Art Club.” Edmonton Journal Jan. 1951
- Barnhouse, Dorothy. “They’ve Served 180 Years.” Edmonton Journal Apr. 1966
- Coutu, Suzanne. Our Crossing, Rivers to Roads: A History of the Brosseau, Duvernay and Surrounding Area Edmonton, Albertan: Edmonton: Co-op Press, 1980
- Griwkowsky, Fish. "Edmonton Art Club celebrates 100 Years at AGA, which it helped create." Edmonton Journal 11 Nov. 2021
http://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/local-arts/edmonton-art-club-celebrates-100-years-at-aga-which-it-helped-create - Sanderson, Kay. 200 Remarkable Alberta Women Calgary, Alberta: The Famous 5 Foundation, 1999
- Townshend, Nancy. A History of Art in Alberta, 1905-1970 Calgary, Alberta: Bayeux, 2005
