Maud Lewis
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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1040 Moss Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8V 4P1
Maud Lewis (1903-1970), Black and White Cat, 1962
oil on board, 30.5 x 22.9cm (12 X 9 in.), Collection of CFFI Ventures Inc. as collected by John Risley, L2019.84.41. Photography by McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
One of Canada’s most beloved folk artists, Maud Lewis (1903—1970) was famous in her lifetime for her brightly coloured and endearing paintings of rural Nova Scotia. This show highlights Maud Lewis’s achievement, looking carefully at her serial repetition of images and motifs across her career. From her black cats and kittens, to her cart horses and oxen hauling logs, to her quayside scenes of ships in port and the Maritime landscape in all seasons, Maud Lewis made paintings that delight in their optimism and buoyant vitality.