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LAWRENCE, Molly Cruickshank
- Born
- Regina, Saskatchewan, 1920
- Died
- , ?
- Biography synopsis
- Painter and printmaker, Molly (Mollie) Alicia Cruickshank Lawrence graduated from Normal School with a teaching certificate (1939) and earned a degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Although she initially was a realist painter, she later experimented with Abstract Expressionism. In the 1940s she exhibited in Regina and was an active member of the city's arts community. During the following decades, she taught art at the Regina Collegiate, and subsequently was the Art Supervisor for the Regina Board of Education. Mollie Cruickshank Lawrence’s early art influences include the landscape painters Walter J. Phillips as well as André Biéler. She attended the Emma Lake Art workshops led by notable artists Jules Olitski, Lawrence Alloway, and Frank Stella. She exhibited widely in the 1960s with the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and at the Mackenzie Art Gallery, as well as Saskatchewan Arts Show (Ohio, 1965), Saskatchewan Jubilee Art Exhibit (1965), and at the Bonli Gallery (Toronto, 1966-67). Her work is held in public collections including the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and in private collections in major cities of Canada, New York, Washington, and London.
- Media used
- Printmaking
- Education
- Emma Lake - University of Saskatchewan Art School
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Saskatchewan
- File & Archive locations
- Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Arts Branch
- 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
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Art Work praised by Critic." The Leader Post (Regina) 03 April 1963: 15
- Dillow, Nancy. Emma Lake Workshops, 1955-1973. Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1973
- Lawrence Mollie Cruickshank. Exhibition by Mollie Cruickshank Lawrence at the Art Gallery Regina Public Library April 6-18 1968. Regina, Saskatchewan: Regina Public Library, 1968
- 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
- Plested, Lee. From our Land: The Expo 67 Canadian Craft Collection. Charlottetown: Confederation Center Art Gallery, 2004: 40, 61
- Warwick, Ruth. "Art Shows to continue." The Leader Post (Regina) 17 May 1973: 22
