Helen McNicoll, Canadian Impressionist Painter, 1879-1915

"One of the most profoundly original and technically accomplished of Canadian artists...she had been continuously developing her powers right up to the time of her last exhibition, in which respect she afforded a striking contrast to the prevailing type of feminine painter. Possessed of an aggressive and active intellect, she was constantly applying herself to new problems of light, line and beauty... Miss McNicoll was no amateur - there are indeed few painters in the Dominion who take their art as seriously as she did. ("A Loss to Canadian Art," Saturday Night, 28 (10 July 1915)).

Slide # 7: Portrait of Helen McNicoll, 1910, by Robert Harris (1849-1919)

Song: "Une fille" by Marc Gélinas. Songwriter, singer, actor, b Montreal 28 Nov 1937, d Sainte-Agathe, Que, 2 Oct 2001.

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