Mary Alberta Cleland (1876-1960)
"Floral Study"
Oil on Canvas
23.5" x 21" Image
28.75" x 26.75" Frame
Signed Front Bottom Right "A. Cleland" Artist often went by "Alberta Cleland"
Excellent Condition
Provenance: McCready Galleries Inc. Toronto; Sotheby's Toronto; Private Ancaster Collection
Biography
Mary Alberta Cleland studied at the Art Association of Montreal in 1894, and would go on to teach there from 1898-1937. She worked with a broad range of subject matter, including landscapes, city scenes, portraits, floral studies and interiors. The landscapes she painted were predominately in oils and watercolours, whereas her portraits were done in pastels. She exhibited her work at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Exhibitions regularly from 1897 to 1943, as well as at the Royal Canadian Academy annuals from 1899 to 1943.
Her students included Nora Collyer, Edwin Holgate, Helen McNicoll and Marian Scott.
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