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Nov 9, 2023 · Everett Lewis was a fish seller who married Maud Lewis, a famous folk artist, after she moved in as his housekeeper. The film 'Maudie' portrays him as a loving and supportive partner, but in real life, he was an alcoholic, abusive and exploitative man who sold Maud's paintings without her knowledge.
Mar 1, 2019 · Everett Lewis, the husband of folk artist Maud Lewis, was a controlling and abusive man who kept her confined to their house and sold her paintings to tourists. Two Nova Scotia artists, Steven Rhude and Laura Kenney, explore the hidden aspects of his life and Maud's legacy in their artworks.
Jun 19, 2017 · When the town eccentric — a wizened 40-something fellow named Everett Lewis — comes into the general store looking to post an advertisement for a live-in housekeeper, she spies an opportunity....
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Everett Lewis was the husband of Maud Lewis, a famous Canadian folk painter. He encouraged her to paint and helped her with her arthritis, and also painted himself after his retirement.
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- Painting Every Surface
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Born Maud Kathleen Dowley in South Ohio, Nova Scotia, Lewis was the only daughter of John and Agnes Dowley. She had one brother, Charles, who was older than her. Even as a child, she suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, which limited her movements, even down to her hands. Despite this, she began making art at an early age under the tutelage of her m...
As a young woman, Maud became romantically involved with a man named Emery Allen, but they never married. In 1928, however, she gave birth to their daughter, Catherine. Allen abandoned Maud and their daughter, and they instead continued to live with her parents. Because Maud had no income and no means to support her child, a court required Catherin...
The Lewises lived mostly in poverty, but Everett did encourage his wife’s painting – especially once he realized they could make a small profit. He procured painting supplies for her, and she then accompanied him on selling trips, starting with small cards like those she had painted as a child and eventually expanding to other, larger media. She ev...
Maud’s paintings, throughout her career, focused on scenes and items out of her own life, experiences, and surroundings. Animals appeared frequently, mostly domestic or farm animals such as cows, oxen, cats, and birds. She also portrayed outdoor scenes: boats on the water, winter sleigh or skating scenes, and similar moments of ordinary life, often...
During her lifetime, Maud’s paintings did not sell for large amounts. By the late 1940s, tourists had begun to stop at the Lewises’ home to purchase her paintings, but they rarely sold for more than a few dollars. In fact, they wouldn’t sell for even close to ten dollars until the final years of her life. The Lewises continued to live a meager exis...
Maud’s health continued to deteriorate, and in the late 1960s, she spent most of her shuttling between painting in her home and visiting the hospital for treatment. Her declining health was exacerbated by the wood smoke of their home and the constant exposure to paint fumes without proper ventilation, and the lung issues this caused left her suscep...
Bergman, Brian. “Paying Tribute To Painter Maud Lewis.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/paying-tribute-to-painter-maud-lewis/Stamberg, Susan. “Home Is Where The Art Is: The Unlikely Story of Folk Artist Maud Lewis.” NPR, https://www.npr.org/2017/06/19/532816482/home-is-where-the-art-is-the-unlikely-story-of-folk-artist-m...Woolaver, Lance. The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1995.Maud Lewis (1903-1970) was a 20th-century painter who created bright and cheerful scenes of nature and everyday life. She married Everett Lewis, a fish peddler, in 1938 and lived with him in poverty and pain until her death.
- Amanda Prahl
Dowley married Everett Lewis, a fish peddler from Marshalltown, on January 16, 1938, at the age of 34. [8] . He also worked as the watchman at the county Poor Farm. According to Everett, Maud showed up at his doorstep in response to an ad he had posted in the local stores for a "live-in or keep house" for a 40-year-old bachelor.
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Jun 16, 2017 · Lewis is a cult figure in Canada. And the idiosyncratic painter’s reputation should be cemented beyond her native country with Maudie, a biopic released today starring Sally Hawkins in the title role, with Ethan Hawke as her husband Everett. The film, directed by British filmmaker Aisling Walsh and written by Canadian screenwriter Sherry ...
