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Doris McCarthy, CM OOnt RCA LL. D. (July 7, 1910 – November 25, 2010) was a Canadian artist known for her abstracted landscapes. In a 2004 interview with Harold Klunder , the artist remarked: I was influenced very strongly by the tradition of going out into nature and painting what was there.
Nov 25, 2010 · Learn about the life and work of Doris McCarthy, one of Canada's foremost landscape painters and a beloved teacher and mentor. Explore her achievements, awards, travels, and legacy through her paintings and writings.
Jun 14, 2016 · Doris McCarthy, CM, OOnt, painter, teacher, writer (Born 7 July 1910 in Calgary, AB; died 25 November 2010 in Toronto, ON). Doris McCarthy is best known for her vast array of abstracted Canadian landscape paintings. Early Life and Education. Doris McCarthy’s family moved to Toronto in 1913 when she was two years old
Doris McCarthy, Iceberg Fantasy before Bylot, c.1974, oil on canvas, 76 x 122 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. In the spring of 1982, McCarthy and two friends rented a recreational vehicle and headed west to the Canadian Badlands in Alberta, where Wendy Wacko filmed her for the documentary Doris McCarthy: Heart of a Painter (1983).
Learn about the life and work of Doris McCarthy, a versatile and influential Canadian artist and writer who taught at CTS for 40 years. Explore her paintings, diaries, awards, travels and legacy at the Doris McCarthy Gallery.
Now Hiring YCW position. Application deadline: July 8, 2024. The Doris McCarthy Gallery is now hiring an Education and Outreach Assistant through the Young Canada Works at Building Careers in Heritage program! The position will run from September 3, 2024 to March 29, 2025.
Doris McCarthy, Untitled Postcard (McCarthy with Waterbottles), 1961, watercolour on paper, 14 x 9.5 cm, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Scarborough. When McCarthy got her job at Central Technical School (Central Tech) in 1931, she took over from a teacher who had to resign because she was getting married .
