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Paintings Maud Lewis Memorial in Marshalltown. Lewis used bright colours in her paintings, and her subjects were often flowers or animals, including oxen teams, horses, birds, deer, and cats.
View all 18 artworks. Maud Lewis lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of Canadian Naïve Art (Primitivism). Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
View Works. Scenic Landscapes. The harbour of Digby Nova Scotia and surrounding areas provide a backdrop for some of Maud's most active paintings. View Works. Winter Magic. The snow draped landscapes found in Maud's winter works, invoke festive memories which Canadians from across the country can relate with. View Works. Objects and Rare Works.
Apr 9, 2024 · Maud Lewis: Her House, Her Art, Her Legacy. One of Canada’s most well-known and well-loved artists, Maud Lewis’ largest artwork — the house she lived in for over 30 years — has been on permanent exhibition in the Scotiabank Maud Lewis Gallery since 1998.
Maud Lewis exemplified the simple life. But simple doesn’t mean dull. The simplicity of her paintings, brushed initially with scrounged paint from local fishermen onto ubiquitous green boards and post cards, continue to evoke feelings of innocence, of child-like exuberance as enduring as the spring times she loved to paint.
Maud Lewis died as one of Nova Scotia’s best-known artists, with her obituaries describing her as an “internationally known primitive style artist,” and how “in art circles, critics were high in their praise of her primitive style and the colourfulness of her paintings.”
Maud Lewis is one of Canada’s most beloved folk artists. With no formal training, and despite living with arthritis her innate talent allowed her to paint vibrant scenes of rural maritime life.
Nov 14, 2018 · Maud Lewis (March 7, 1903 – July 30, 1970) was a 20th-century Canadian folk artist. With a focus on subjects in nature and ordinary life and a folk style of painting, she became one of the best-known artists in Canadian history.
May 17, 2023 · Maud Lewis was a Canadian painter and folk artist. Her artistic talents were largely hidden throughout much of her life — a result of poverty , shyness and social anxiety brought on by suffering from severe birth defects.
Jun 16, 2017 · Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis spent 32 years of her life in a one-room house on a secluded dirt road in Nova Scotia. By the time of her death in 1970, she’d covered nearly every surface of the little home with joyous paintings: Clusters of tulips filled the windows, birds and butterflies fluttered across the door.
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