Laura Muntz Lyall

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Oriental Poppies , around 1900

Laura Adeline Muntz , better known as Laura Muntz Lyall (* 18th June 1860 in Radford Semele , Warwickshire ; † 9. December 1930 in Toronto , Ontario ) was a Canadian painter of Impressionism .

Life

Laura Muntz Lyall was born in England , but her family immigrated to Ontario , Canada , around 1865 . She grew up on a farm in the Muskoka District Municipality .

Laura Muntz Lyall received her first drawing lessons from a local painter who urged her to continue studying in Paris . A private scholarship gave her the opportunity to study art there at the independent Académie Colarossi . Here she came into contact with Impressionism. After returning to Canada, she opened a studio in Toronto and became an Associate of the Royal College of Art (ARCA).

Muntz Lyall was the first Canadian female artist to gain recognition outside of Canada. In 1893 she exhibited some of her works at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago and in 1894 at the Société des Artistes Français in Paris. From 1895 she was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. After the death of her sister, she interrupted her career to raise her eleven children. It was only in 1921 that she devoted herself fully to painting again. Laura Muntz Lyall died at the age of 69 and her remains were interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.

literature

  • Julia Gualtieri: The Woman as Artist and as Subject in Canadian Painting . Queen's University 1989, pp. 145-146, 155-161
  • Ash K. Prakash Ed .: Impressionism in Canada. A Journey of Rediscovery. Vorw. Guy Wildenstein, Einf. William H Gerdts. Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 2014, 2nd edition 2015 (illustrated book with explanations. A chapter on Muntz Lyall. Picture The Pink Dress , 1897, on the publisher's page, below )

Web links

Commons : Laura Muntz Lyall  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts on rca-arc.ca, accessed on March 15, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Lyall, Laura Muntz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muntz, Laura Adeline
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian impressionist painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Radford Semele , Warwickshire
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1930
Place of death Toronto , Ontario