Montreal's Women Painters at the Art Association during the 1890s

Speaker: Lorne Huston
When: Thursday, March 20, 2025, 19:30 to 21:00
Where: Centennial Hall,
       288 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield, H9W 4A4
Lecture in English, followed by a bilingual question period

Montreal had very talented women painters in the 1920s, like those associated with the Beaver Hall group. Few people know that there were dozens of women painters in the late 19th century who regularly participated in the annual exhibitions of the Art Association of Montreal. Many of them had works which were included in the exhibitions of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Their work has been mostly lost and there is next to nothing written about them. New research tools in genealogy now enable us to learn more about them, a fascinating discovery. After sharing some rare photos of their works and the artists themselves, Lorne Huston will give an overview of the demographics of their situation and their careers.

Lorne Huston holds a PhD in history from Concordia University and a Master's degree in Sociology from the Université de Montréal. He has been doing research on the history of the arts sector in English Montreal since he retired from active teaching at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit in 2010. In addition to the book he co-authored with Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre on the Montreal musicologist, George M. Brewer, he has also written articles on the Art Association, and on Samuel Morgan-Powell, art and drama critic at the Montreal Daily Star (1913-1953).

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