Maud Lewis - Wikipedia
Maud Kathleen Lewis (née Dowley; March 7, 1903 – July 30, 1970) was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia. [2] She lived most of her life in poverty in a small house in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia .
Maud Lewis | Biography | Art Canada Institute
Maud Lewis (1901–1970) has become one of Canada’s most renowned artists, the subject of numerous monographs, novels, plays, documentaries, and even a feature film. She was born into relative comfort and obscurity, and died in poverty, though enjoying national fame.
Maudie's True Story: What Happened to Maud Lewis' Daughter …
2023年11月9日 · Directed by Aisling Walsh, ‘Maudie’ is a drama biopic about the life and hardships of famous folk artist Maud Lewis. Born with birth deformities, Maud suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, with her condition rapidly deteriorating with age.
Maud Lewis - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Maud Lewis was a Canadian painter and folk artist. Her artistic talents were largely hidden throughout much of her life — a result of poverty, shyness and social anxiety brought on by suffering from severe birth defects.
The Life and Work of Maud Lewis, Canadian Folk Artist
2018年11月14日 · Maud Lewis (March 7, 1903 – July 30, 1970) was a 20th-century Canadian folk artist. With a focus on subjects in nature and ordinary life and a folk style of painting, she became one of the best-known artists in Canadian history.
The Joyous World of Overlooked Canadian Folk Artist Maud Lewis
2017年6月16日 · Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis spent 32 years of her life in a one-room house on a secluded dirt road in Nova Scotia. By the time of her death in 1970, she’d covered nearly every surface of the little home with joyous paintings: Clusters of tulips filled the windows, birds and butterflies fluttered across the door.
Maud Lewis – Maud Lewis
Maud Lewis exemplified the simple life. But simple doesn’t mean dull. The simplicity of her paintings, brushed initially with scrounged paint from local fishermen onto ubiquitous green boards and post cards, continue to evoke feelings of innocence, of child-like exuberance as enduring as the spring times she loved to paint.
About Maud - Maud Lewis
Maud Dowley Lewis was born March 7, 1903 in South Ohio, a community near Yarmouth. Her father Jack would provide a moderately prosperous living as a respected craftsman, making harnesses and serving as a blacksmith.
The story of Maud Lewis, a beloved Canadian folk artist
2024年1月15日 · Born in the Yarmouth hospital, Maud Lewis grew up in south Ohio. Lewis was born with such a rare condition that doctors had not diagnosed it in her lifetime. This condition caused her to be frail and small, have sloped shoulders, a spine that was curved, and a …
Maud Lewis: Life & Work - Art Canada Institute
In Maud Lewis: Life & Work, author Ray Cronin deftly explores her story and creative legacy, and pays tribute to the cheerful paintings that testify to her indominable spirit and will to create beauty in spite of adversity.