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...

Henri d’Anty

Henri d’Anty Artist Bio: Henri D’Anty (1910-1998) D’Anty was born in Belleville (Burgundy) and showed an interest in drawing while still a child. He studied painting at the Acadmie de la Grande Chaumiere and at the Acadmie Julien in Paris. He became a well-known...

Scott Croft

Scott Croft Artist Bio: Scott Croft (1911-1980) Scott Croft was a well-known painter in Nova Scotia, who spent a significant part of his life living and painting in New England. He spent the latter part of his life in Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, where he established a...

John Cook

John Cook Artist Bio: John Cook (1918-1984) John Cook was born in Halifax and showed interest in painting as a child. His education was interrupted by the Second World War during which he served the Canadian Army Signal Corps. After the war, he studied painting at the...

Alex Colville

Alex Colville Artist Bio: Alex Colville (1920-2013) Alex Colville is one of the few Canadian artists to have achieved international status. The German art critic, Heinz Ohff, described him as perhaps “the most prominent, indeed the most important realist painter in...