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Item Name: Drawing
Title: Woman Laughing
Maker: Mina Forsyth
Year: 1970
Country: Canadian
Materials: pencil on paper
Measurements: in frame: 60 cm x 66 cm; work: 36.2 cm x 44.5 cm
ID Number: ART 125
Legal Status: ART RENTAL
Extended Label Info: This pencil sketch by Mina Forsyth portrays a woman, head back in laugher and hands pressed together in glee. The pencil line is sketchy, almost bubbly, and quickly captures a lively moment. Forsyth was known for her expressionist approach to diverse subject matter, bringing life to figure studies, landscape, and still life compositions. Mina Mabel Forsyth (née McDonald) (1920-1987) was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan. She completed her high school by correspondence while working at the Bank of Montreal, and went on to take both the Associate's and the Fellows Course in banking from Queen's University. Forsyth then worked for the British Air Commission in Washington and New York (1942-1946). Taking courses in art, Forsyth went on to earn her BFA at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg (1955). Then, she continued her graduate studies in the US, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, and studied with the expressionist painter Abraham Rattner, who served as Distinguished Visiting Professor in 1956. After graduating with her MFA (1957) she returned to Canada and teaching. Forsyth taught at: Winnipeg School of Art (1952-1955, 1960), Winnipeg School Board (1959-1963), Manitoba Teachers' College (1963), University of Saskatchewan's Regina Campus (1964-1966), and University of British Columbia's Summer School (1966-1971). In 1967, Forsyth was welcomed to the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon as a professor in painting, where she remained until retirement in 1985. Forsyth attended summer workshops at Emma Lake, studying with Jack Shadbolt (1955); Jules Olitski (1964); Lawrence Alloway (1965); Harold Cohen (1966); Frank Stella (1967); Walter Darby Bannard and John McLean (1981); Tim Hilton and Terry Atkinson (1987). In 1977, she hosted Emma Lake as a guest artist . Throughout her career, Forsyth was dedicated to life-long learning, and to supporting her students in their practices. Her expressionist and abstract landscapes, figurative works, as well as still life paintings are found in many public and private collections in Canada, including the ReMai Modern Museum. After her death, the Saskatchewan Arts Board (now SK Arts) recognized Forsyth’s work with a Lifetime Achievement Award (1991).
Title: Woman Laughing
Maker: Mina Forsyth
Year: 1970
Country: Canadian
Materials: pencil on paper
Measurements: in frame: 60 cm x 66 cm; work: 36.2 cm x 44.5 cm
ID Number: ART 125
Legal Status: ART RENTAL
Extended Label Info: This pencil sketch by Mina Forsyth portrays a woman, head back in laugher and hands pressed together in glee. The pencil line is sketchy, almost bubbly, and quickly captures a lively moment. Forsyth was known for her expressionist approach to diverse subject matter, bringing life to figure studies, landscape, and still life compositions. Mina Mabel Forsyth (née McDonald) (1920-1987) was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan. She completed her high school by correspondence while working at the Bank of Montreal, and went on to take both the Associate's and the Fellows Course in banking from Queen's University. Forsyth then worked for the British Air Commission in Washington and New York (1942-1946). Taking courses in art, Forsyth went on to earn her BFA at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg (1955). Then, she continued her graduate studies in the US, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, and studied with the expressionist painter Abraham Rattner, who served as Distinguished Visiting Professor in 1956. After graduating with her MFA (1957) she returned to Canada and teaching. Forsyth taught at: Winnipeg School of Art (1952-1955, 1960), Winnipeg School Board (1959-1963), Manitoba Teachers' College (1963), University of Saskatchewan's Regina Campus (1964-1966), and University of British Columbia's Summer School (1966-1971). In 1967, Forsyth was welcomed to the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon as a professor in painting, where she remained until retirement in 1985. Forsyth attended summer workshops at Emma Lake, studying with Jack Shadbolt (1955); Jules Olitski (1964); Lawrence Alloway (1965); Harold Cohen (1966); Frank Stella (1967); Walter Darby Bannard and John McLean (1981); Tim Hilton and Terry Atkinson (1987). In 1977, she hosted Emma Lake as a guest artist . Throughout her career, Forsyth was dedicated to life-long learning, and to supporting her students in their practices. Her expressionist and abstract landscapes, figurative works, as well as still life paintings are found in many public and private collections in Canada, including the ReMai Modern Museum. After her death, the Saskatchewan Arts Board (now SK Arts) recognized Forsyth’s work with a Lifetime Achievement Award (1991).