Florence Helena McGillivray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian artist
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Place of Birth: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
About Florence Helena McGillivray
- Florence Helena McGillivray (1864–1938), was a landscape painter from Ontario, Canada.
- Though McGillivray's main talent was landscape painting, she also practiced sketching during her career.
- Her paintings depicted many locations on the Gatineau River, the Val-des-Bois, the Ottawa River at Fort Coulonge and many more environmental scenes.Known for her impressionistic style, McGillivray studied in Paris in 1913, and later became a teacher and critic.
- McGillivray's contemporary art included textured, painterly brushstrokes and compelling colour choices.
- Florence was a contemporary of the Group of Seven.
- She was one mentor for the influential Canadian painter Tom Thomson. In the 1920s, McGillivrays career exploded.
- Her art mainly was influenced by the post-impressionism and Fauvist movements.
- McGillivray lived in Toronto and Ottawa but travelled often to pursue transforming the reality of nature into her work.
- She visited Europe, where she discovered art nouveau, Alaska, Jamaica and Trinidad.
- Exhibition locations include Toronto Malloney's, Continental Galleries, Montreal, and her own studio in her hometown. The National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and galleries in Kitchener, London, and Windsor all hold her work in their collections.
- McGillivray was a member of many associations like the Ontario Society of Artists, the Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, The Royal Canadian Academy, and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.
- Florence Helena McGillivray died in Toronto on May 7, 1938, and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.
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