Lucy Jarvis

Lucy Jarvis Artist Bio: Lucy Jarvis (1896-1985) Lucy Mary Hope Jarvis was born in Toronto in 1896, the first of five children of Edward William Jarvis and his wife, Kate Agnes Harris. E.W. Jarvis was associated with the Bank of Montreal and moved around the Maritimes...

Mabel Killam Day

Mabel Killam Day Artist Bio: Mabel Killam Day (1884 – 1960) Mabel Killam Day was born in Yarmouth in 1884 to a prosperous family. She began her formal training under John Hammond at Mount Allison Ladies College in Sackville, NB, graduating in 1904. In New York, she...

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté Artist Bio: Marc-Aurèle De Foy Suzor-Coté, RCA (1869 – 1937) Suzor-Coté was an important Canadian artist who was born in Arthabaska, Quebec. He studied painting in Paris at l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, the Académie Julian, and at the Académie...

Marguerite Zwicker

Marguerite Zwicker Artist Bio: Marguerite Zwicker (1904-1993) Marguerite Zwicker was born in Yarmouth and studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art. She taught painting at Acadia University and married fellow artist Leroy Zwicker. Marguerite, together with Leroy, ran...