Mina Forsyth

Mina Mabel Forsyth
Born Mina Mabel McDonald
September 20, 1920
Estevan, Saskatchewan
Died 1987
Nationality Canadian
Education Queen's University, University of Manitoba, Michigan State University
Known for painting
Style expressionism
Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, Saskatchewan Arts Board

Mina Forsyth, (September 20, 1921 in Estevan, Saskatchewan[1] died 1987 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan[2]) was a Canadian artist. She is known for her expressionist and abstract landscapes, figural works and still life paintings.

Education

In 1955 Mina Forsyth received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Manitoba. She also had an MA from Michigan State University, which she received in 1957. In Michigan State she studied under Abraham Rattner. Forsyth attended the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955, 1965, 1966 and 1967.

Career

During the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, Forsyth attended many workshops at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, studying with artists such as Jack Shadbolt, Jules Olitski, Lawrence Alloway, Harold Cohen, Frank Stella, Walter Darby Bannard, John McLean, Tim Hilton, and Terry Atkinson. Forsyth also attended the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Gimli Summer School in Gimli, Manitoba.[3]

Forsyth was a guest artist at an Emma Lake workshop in 1977 and worked at the University of Saskatchewan as professor emeritus[4] and as an art instructor until she retired in 1985. In 1991, Forsyth received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from the Saskatchewan Arts Board.[5]

Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions[2]

Selected Solo Exhibitions[2]

Awards

Awards[2]

References

  1. University of Saskatchewan, P.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Newman, Marketa (1990). Biographical Dicationary of Saskatchewan Artists. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Fifth House. pp. 51–54. ISBN 0920079660.
  3. "Saskatchewan NAC Artists | Mina Forsyth". www.sknac.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  4. Art Gallery, Mann (7 July 2013). "Faces of Forsyth". PANOW. PANOW. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. "Mina Forsyth - Saskatchewan Arts Board". artsboard.sk.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

Sources

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