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CLELAND, Mary Alberta
Born
Montreal, Quebec, 1876
Died
Cushing, Quebec, 1960
Biography synopsis
Mary Alberta Cleland studied at the Art Association of Montreal in
1894, and would go on to teach there from 1898-1937. She worked with a
broad range of subject matter, including landscapes, city scenes,
portraits, floral studies and interiors. The landscapes she painted
were predominately in oils and watercolours, whereas her portraits were
done in pastels. She exhibited her work at the Montreal Museum of Fine
Arts Spring Exhibitions regularly from 1897 to 1943, as well as at the
Royal Canadian Academy annuals from 1899 to 1943.
Media used
Painting
Pastels
Sculpture
Watercolour
Education
Art Association of Montreal, 1894 - ?
Memberships
Art Association of Montreal
File & Archive locations
Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Library and Archives
National Archives of Canada - Documentary Art Library
National Gallery of Canada - Library and Archives
Vancouver Art Gallery - Library
Winnipeg Art Gallery - Clara Lander Library
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Writings about
Alberta Cleland Memorial Exhibition: June 24th -
July 3rd, 1967. St. Andrew's East, Quebec: Argenteuil Art Association,
1967.
"Art Association's Spring Exhibition: Private View
Ushered in Showing of Representative Assemblage of Work." Gazette
(Montreal) 3 Apr. 1925.
"Art Exhibition of Much Merit." Montreal Herald 5 Apr. 1910.
"Art Exhibition: Water Colours, Statuary and Miniatures." Montreal Daily Witness 6 Apr. 1897.
"Art Student's Work Exhibited." Herald (Montreal) 9 Apr. 1912.
"Artists Young and Well-Known in Exhibition." Montreal Herald 4 Apr. 1918.
"Beaux-Arts: Le Salon d'Automne à la Galérie des Arts." Le Devoir (Montreal) 26 Nov. 1915.
"Bohemian Crowd At Opening of New Art Rooms." Montreal Daily Star 3 Mar. 1913.
"Bright Scene at Art Gallery: Auspicious Opening of
the Spring Exhibit Last Night." Star (Montreal) 5 Apr. 1898.
"Exhibition Best Yet." Montreal Daily Star 5 May 1906: 30.
"Exhibition of Art: High Water Mark Reached in This
Year's Spring Showing in Art Galleries." Gazette (Montreal) 3 Apr.
1909: 9.
"Exhibition: Some of the Striking Pictures of the Exhibition." Star (Montreal) 2 Apr. 1897.
"Exhibits At Spring Show Now Open Number Nearly 500." Montreal Herald and Daily Telegraph 26 Mar. 1915.
"Exposition d'art Canadien." La Presse (Montreal) 10 Apr. 1909.
"Fewer Paintings, Higher Standards: Thirty-Eighth
Annual Exhibition of Art Association of Montreal." Gazette (Montreal) 1
Apr. 1921.
"Fine Collection of Pictures at Spring Exhibition in Art Gallery." Montreal Star 5 Apr. 1910: 15.
"Fine Work Marks R.C.A. Exhibition." Gazette (Montreal) 20 Nov. 1925.
"French Paintings On Exhibit at Eaton's." Gazette (Montreal) 19 Mar. 1938.
"Further Notes on Pictures at the Spring Show." Montreal Star 29 Mar. 1916.
"High Standard Set by R.C.A. Pictures: Forty-Fourth
Exhibition Opened With Private View Last Night." Gazette (Montreal) 17
Nov. 1922: 9.
"Il prit le conseil de sa femme." La Presse (Montreal) 24 Mar. 1906.
"Interest is Keen." Gazette (Montreal) 1 Dec. 1902: 9.
"L'Exposition de Peintures." La Presse (Montreal) 22 Mar. 1913.
"Le Salon du Printemps." La Patrie (Montreal) 26 Mar. 1928: 17.
"Le Salon du Printemps." Le Canada (Montreal) 5 Apr. 1926.
"Les Arts A Montreal: Quelques notes sur les classes
de la 'Montreal Art Association'" La Presse (Montreal) 13 Oct. 1904.
"Meritorious Work At Spring Exhibit: Mural Paintings
in R.C.A. Competition Part of Entries at Art Gallery." Gazette
(Montreal) 28 Mar. 1924.
"Montreal Artists Well Represented: High Standard
Set at Spring Exhibition of Art Association." Gazette (Montreal) 16
Mar. 1923: 6.
"Much Good Work at R.C.A. Exhibition: Thirty-Fifth
Annual Show Comprises Interesting Pictures by Local Artists." Gazette
(Montreal) 21 Nov. 1913: 5.
"Oeuvre de solidarité." La Patrie (Montreal) 17 Feb. 1933.
"Over 300 Exhibits in Spring Art Show." Gazette (Montreal) 25 Mar. 1927.
"Portraits Are Feature of the Art Exhibition." Montreal Star 5 Apr. 1921.
"Spring Exhibition at Art Galleries: Younger Men and
Women Encouraged by Jury of Selection." Gazette (Montreal) 23 Mar.
1928: 8.
"Spring Exhibition at the Art Galleries." Montreal Herald 4 Apr. 1921.
"Spring Exhibition of Art Association was Opened on Thursday." Toronto Star 12 Mar. 1933.
"Spring Exhibition of the Art Association of Montreal." Toronto Star 22 Mar. 1933.
"Spring Exhibition." Star (Montreal) 16 Apr. 1924.
"Spring Exhibition: Private View to Be Held on Thursday Evening." Gazette (Montreal) 30 Mar. 1897.
"The Art Exhibit Opens Today." Herald (Montreal) 5 Apr. 1898: 4.
"Une Exposition d'Art Canadien." La Presse (Montreal) 20 Nov. 1925.
"With the Artists: Annual Spring Exhibition at the Art Gallery." Gazette (Montreal) 5 Apr. 1898.
Catalogue National Gallery of Canada Canadian Art
Ottawa, Ontario: National Gallery of Canada, vol. 1, 1988: 193..
Lemieux, Yves. "Le 50e Salon du Printemps." Le Devoir (Montreal) 8 Apr. 1933.
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
MacTavish, Newton. The Fine Arts in Canada. Toronto: Macmillan, 1925.
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Montreal Museum of Fine
Arts, Formerly Art Association of Montreal: Spring Exhibitions,
1880-1970. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.
Morgan-Powell, S. "Spring Exhibition At Art Gallery Is An Indifferent Show." Montreal Star 7 Apr. 1926: 6.
Reynald. "Le 56e Salon de l'Académie." La Presse (Montreal) 25 Nov. 1935.
Tippett, Maria. By a Lady. Toronto: Viking, 1992.
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