Biography
Recognized as one of Canada’s most respected landscape painters, Dorothy Knowles was born in 1927 in the town of Unity, Saskatchewan, where the family divided their time between a farm west of Unity and the city of Saskatoon. She first studied biology in 1944 at the University of Saskatchewan and was encouraged by a friend to take her first summer art course at Emma Lake in 1948. The course was led by Saskatoon artist Reta Cowley and James Frederick Finley from the Ontario College of Art. It was here that Knowles was inspired to pursue painting as a career.
She continued her art studies at the University of Saskatchewan, the Banff School of Fine Arts and in 1951 at the Goldsmith School of Art in London, UK. The year 1951 was also the year that she married the celebrated Canadian color-field artist William Perehudoff. They went on to become prominent figures in Canada’s art scene and significant members of the Saskatchewan arts community.
A turning point in Knowles’ career came at an Emma Lake Artists’ Workshop in 1962 when the American critic, Clement Greenberg, encouraged her to pursue painting from nature regardless of the contemporary predominance of abstraction. Dorothy Knowles was a regular participant at the Emma Lake workshops and became so connected with the landscape of the lake that the family purchased a cottage there in 1969 and set up studios for both Knowles and Perehudoff.
Ultimately, and most importantly, Knowles discovered the joy of working directly from nature. When weather permitted, and using her van as a portable studio, Knowles worked outside, producing finished paintings, sketches and photographs of the prairie skies, fields, lakes and forests surrounding her home.
Over her seven-decade long career, Knowles has exhibited extensively across Canada and internationally. Her work was included in the “7th Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting” at the National Gallery of Canada (1968), and in the Hirshhorn Museum of the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibit “14 Canadians: A Critic’s Choice” (1977). In 1983, her work was part of a group exhibition called “Five From Saskatchewan” that traveled to London, Paris, and Brussels.
She has received three major touring exhibitions, first in 1972. In 1982, “Dorothy Knowles: 1964-1982”, was organized by the Edmonton Art Gallery and Bruce Grenville curated a touring show in 1994. Most recently her work was seen at the new Remai Modern in “III: HeavyShield, Knowles, Cameron-Weir”.
In 1987 Dorothy was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, and in 2004 named a Member of the Order of Canada, denoting an achievement of outstanding citizenship and service to both Canada and to the international community. In 2012 she won the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and in 2017 received the Senate of Canada Sesquicentennial Medal.
Her paintings are in countless corporate and public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Mendel Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery and Boston Museum.
Dorothy Knowles is never without her paint set and brushes. She was once asked what five factors she believed were vital for a good life. She responded, “I guess my five have been painting, painting, painting, painting, and painting.”
She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with studios in both Saskatoon and Emma Lake.
Seeking Artworks by Dorothy Knowles
Selected Works
Dorothy Knowles
Sky at Qu’Appelle, 1987
Dorothy Knowles
Summerfallow, August 1986
Dorothy Knowles
The Green Fields Series: Blue Distance, 1965
Dorothy Knowles
Evening Shadows (Walley Point & Emma Lake), July 26, 1995
Dorothy Knowles
Red Bluffs (East of Christopher Lake), October 6, 1983
Dorothy Knowles
Patchwork of Colours: The Water’s Edge, Feb 3/2015
Dorothy Knowles
Approaching Storm, 2002
Dorothy Knowles
Mountain Meadow, Alberta Foothills, 1974
Dorothy Knowles
Red Flowers and Landscape, 1983
Dorothy Knowles
Trees on the River
Dorothy Knowles
West Coast Mountains (Whistler), July 5, 1989
Dorothy Knowles
Blue Waters, 2014
Dorothy Knowles
Murray Point in the Morning, July 24,1993
Dorothy Knowles
A Colourful Scene, 1983
Dorothy Knowles
Sam’s Place, August 25, 1985
Dorothy Knowles
North of Hague, October 11, 1983
Dorothy Knowles
Waskesui Series #1, Sept 1988
Exhibitions
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BORN
1927, Unity, Saskatchewan, Canada
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Alberta
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Gallery of Peterborough
Art Gallery of Windsor
Bank of Commerce
Bank of Montreal
Bell Canada
Boston Museum
Canada Council Art Bank
Canadian Greenshields
Claridge Collection
Concordia University, Montreal
Confederation Art Center, Charlottetown
Department of External Affairs, Government of Canada
Dominion Foundries and Steel Ltd.
Dupont Canada Inc.
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Gulf Canada
Imperial Oil
Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
MacKenzie Art Gallery
Maclean Hunter
Mendel Art Gallery
Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal
Nabisco Inc.
Nova Corporation
Pemberton Collection
Petro-Canada
Rideau Hall
Royal Bank
Saskatchewan Arts Board
SaskTel
Shell Canada
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Toronto Dominion Bank
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
University of Regina
University of Saskatchewan
Vancouver Art Gallery
Willistead Art Gallery of Windsor
Winnipeg Art Gallery
EDUCATION
1944 Graduated from City Park Collegiate in Saskatoon
1948 Bachelor of Arts, Type C, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Emma Lake Summer School with Reta Cowley, James Frederick Finley
1949 Enrolled in Medical Technology classes at the University of Saskatchewan and apprenticed in St. Paul’s Hospital becoming a Registered Technologist and a member of the Canadian Society of Laboratory Technologists
Banff Summer Session in Painting
Painting classes with N. Bjelejac, University of Saskatchewan
1950-52 & ’54 – Sculpture, Painting, Drawing, & Silkscreen classes with E. Bornstein, University of Saskatchewan
1951 Goldsmith School of Art, London, England
1956 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop led by Joseph Plaskett
1957 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop led by Will Barnett
1996 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop led by Clement Greenberg
1963 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop led by Kenneth Noland
1964 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop led by Jules Olitski
1965 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop led by Lawrence Alloway
1969 Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop led by Michael Steiner
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1954 Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Invitation essay by George Swinton
1957 Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK
Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK
1962 Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK
1963 James Art Studio, Saskatoon, SK
Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK
1964 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1965 The David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, ON, Catalogue essay by Andrew Hudson
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1967 Bonli Interiors,Dorothy Knowles
1968 “Dorothy Knowles, Recent Paintings”, Moose Jaw Art Museum, Moose Jaw, SK, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1969 Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1970 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
Robertson Gallery, Ottawa, ON
University Gallery, Department of Art, University of Saskatchewan
1972 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
Traveling Show organized by Edmonton Art Gallery to: Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
1973 Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, ON
1974 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
1975 Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, NY
Pucker/Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA
1977 Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, ON
1978 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Waddington Galleries, Toronto, ON
Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, NY
1979 Meredith Long Contemporary, New York, NY
Gallery One, Saskatoon, SK
1980 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
1981 Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1982 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
Waddington Galleries & Co. Inc., New York, NY
Waddington Galleries, Toronto, ON
“Dorothy Knowles, 1964-1982” Traveling show organized by Edmonton Art Gallery to: Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montreal; Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor; London Regional Art Galleries, London; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Curated and Catalogue by Terry Fenton
1983 Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Waddington & Shiell Galleries Ltd., Toronto, ON
Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
1984 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1985 Waddington & Shiell Galleries Ltd., Toronto, ON
1986 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK
Waddington & Shiell Galleries Ltd., Toronto, ON
1987 Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB/Vancouver, BC
Waddington & Gorce Inc., Montreal, PQ
1989 Greenberg Wilson, New York, NY
1990 Waddington & Gorce, Inc., Montreal, PQ
Waddington & Shiell Gallery, Toronto, ON
199 Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Edmonton, AB
Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON
1992 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, AB
1993 Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
Hambleton Galleries, Kelowna, BC
1994 – Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK
“Dorothy Knowles” Traveling Show: Mendel Art Gallery, Edmonton Art Gallery, Glenbow Museum, Whyte Museum, Catalogue essay by Bruce Grenville
Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON
1995 Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
The Kenderdine Gallery & Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, Catalogue essay by Tim Nowlin
1996 West Kootenay Gallery, Castlegar, BC
Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON
1997 Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999 “The Sky Paintings”, Institute for Modern and Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB, Curator Jeffrey Spalding
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2000 Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB/Vancouver, BC
2001 MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2003 Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON
2006 Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, ON
2007 Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2008 Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2008-10 “Dorothy Knowles: Landmarks”, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, SK and Art Gallery of Swift Current, Swift Current, Swift Current, SK
2009 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK,
2009 Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON, Chapel Gallery, North Battleford
2009 – Miriam Shiell Fine Art Ltd., Toronto, ON
2010 – Miriam Shiell Fine Art Ltd., Toronto, ON
2011 – OSAC Exhibit, organized by the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery
Han Art, Montreal, Quebec
2012 – Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2014 – Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton AB,
2015 – Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
Art Placement Inc, Saskatoon The Oils 1965-2006
2016 Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2017 Han Art, Montreal, QC
2017 Art Placement inc, Saskatoon, SK
2019 “Flowers and Landscapes: 1983-1984”, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1953 “Bill and Dorothy Perehudoff”, Saskatoon Art Centre, Saskatoon, SK
“Artists of Saskatchewan, 3 Artists”, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1962 “Group Show with Otto Rogers”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1963 Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK
1965 Diamond Jubilee Critics Selection, Saskatoon, SK
1966 Winnipeg Biennial, Winnipeg, MB
Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Calgary, AB
“Watercolors by Reta Cowley, Dorothy Perehudoff, Grace Hogg”, Western Canadian Art Circuit, Regina, SK
Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK
1967 “Eleven Saskatchewan Artists”, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, and Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
“Artists from Saskatchewan”, Willistead Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
Carleton University Gallery, Ottawa, ON
“Saskatchewan Artists”, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Mendel Art Gallery, Catalogue introduction by John Climer
1968 “Surrey 68 Sondage 68”, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, PQ
Seventh Biennial, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (catalogue introduction, William C.Seitz)
1969 “Saskatoon: Thirteen Artists”, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
“Two Artists from Saskatoon”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
“Knowles-Perehudoff”, Waddington Fine Arts, Montreal, PQ
1970 “Saskatchewan: Regina and Saskatoon”, Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener, ON
Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK
“Saskatchewan: Art and Artists”, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, catalogue introduction by Nancy Dillow
“Watercolour Painters of Saskatchewan”, Extension Services of the National Gallery Traveling Show, Catalogue introduction by Terry Fenton
1971 “West 71”, Edmonton Art Gallery, traveled to the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, The Glenbow, Calgary, Edmonton, Alberta, Catalogue introduction by Karen Wilkin
1972 “A June Show, Drawings by Saskatchewan Artists” Regina Public Library Gallery, Regina, SK
“Knowles-Perehudoff, Recent Paintings”, Waddington Galleries, Montreal, PQ
1973 “Emma Lake Workshops”, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1974 “Prairie ’74” Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
“Swift Current 74”, Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, SK
1975 “9 out of 10—A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Art”, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
“The Ontario Community Collects: A Survey of Canadian Paintings from 1976 to 1975”, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
“From Women’s Eyes: Painters in Canada”, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
“The Canadian Canvas”, Traveling Exhibition organized by Time-Life Canada. Catalogue introduction, Doris Shadbolt, Karen Wilkin, Alvin Balkind, Fernande St Martin, Allan McKay
1976 “Changing Visions: The Canadian Landscape”, Edmonton Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Saskatchewan Art at the Montreal Olympics
1977 “14 Canadians – A Critic’s Choice” Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution (catalogue introduction by Andrew Hudson)
1978 Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, The Saskatoon Arts Board Collection
“Modern Painting in Canada”, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
“Six Saskatoon Artists”, Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
“Selections From the Dofasco Collection”, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
1979 “Dorothy Knowles and Wynona Mulcaster”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1980 “Dofasco Collection”, Grimsby Public Art Gallery
“New Works on Paper by Saskatchewan Artists”, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
1982 “Saskatoon Early Images Landscape Painting on the Prairies”, Frances Morrison Library, Saskatoon, SK
1983 “Five from Saskatchewan”, Canada House, London, Paris, Brussels. Organized by the Saskatchewan Arts Board with the assistance of Canada House Cultural Centre Gallery, London and Saskatchewan Culture and Recreation. Catalogue introduction, K. Bell, P. Close.
1986 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
“Selected Works by Contemporary Canadian Artists”, Wade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987 “Tradition and Innovation: Saskatoon Art and the 1950’s”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1988 “Contemporary ’88” (Winter show 88, Olympic Arts Festival) Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta (catalogue introduction, Mary-Beth Laviolette)
Saskatchewan Centres for Exhibiting Art, Sasktel Corporate Art Exhibition Tour
“Talking Through Time: Contemporary Art from Saskatoon”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
“Contemporary ’88”, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
“Large Works on Paper”, Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
“A Common Bond”, Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, SK
1989 “Talking Through Time: Contemporary Art from Saskatoon”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
“Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition”, Triangle of Visual Arts, Calgary, AB
“The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
“Cowley/Knowles/Hardy—Survey”, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, AB
“A Common Bond”, Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, SK
1990 “The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops” Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
“The Object as Subject: Still-Life Art in Saskatchewan, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1991 “Relative Realities”, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Curated by Eileen Lampard
1992 “Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection”. Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, PQ
“Achieving the Modern: Canadian Abstract Painting and Design in the 1950s”, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, traveling to Windsor Art Gallery
1994 “The Object as Subject: Still-Life Art in Saskatchewan”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
“Relative Realities” Curated by Eileen Lampard, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, SK
“Robert Ayre: The Critic and the Collection” Concordia Art gallery, Montreal, QC
“Achieving the Modern: Canadian Abstract Painting and Design in the 1950s”
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB and Windsor Art Gallery, Windosr, ON
1995 “Hidden Values” Presented by Trimark Mutual Funds and organized by: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Edmonton Art Gallery, McMichael Canadian Art Collection
1996 “Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas”, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Curated by Alan Gussow and Gayle Maxon-Edgerton
1997-1998 “The Urban Prairie” (touring) organized by Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
1997-98 Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
“Prairie Region Exhibition”, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Organized by the Royal, Canadian Academy of Arts in cooperation with the Winnipeg Art Gallery
1999 “Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas” Curated by Alan Gussow and Gayle Maxon-Edgerton, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“Reconstructed: North by West”, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2001 “Prairie Region Exhibition” Organized by the Royal, Canadian Academy of Arts in cooperation with the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, travelled to MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
“Clement Greenberg – A Critic’s Collection” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2003 “Lodestar, RCA Show”, Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
“Qu’Appelle, Tale of Two Valleys”, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2004 “Art in Bloom”, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
2005 “Clement Greenberg – A Critic’s Collection” Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
“Contemporary Views of the Bow River”, The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
“Making Friends: The Role of Friends, Mentors, and Patrons in the Development of Sask. Art”, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
“100 Years of Saskatchewan Art”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, curated by A. Badzak and D. Ring from the permanent collection
2006 “Contemporary Views of the Bow River” Glenbow Museum, Calgary AB
2008 “Works from the Permanent Collection”, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
2009 “Prairie Companion” Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2012 “The Jean Mackay Chubb and Francis L. Chubb Collection”, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
2013 “Rebuilding Modernity”, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK curated by Lisa Baldissera
2015 “Modern Visions: 50th Anniversary Exhibition” Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2016 “Private Collection” Winchester Galleries, Oak Bay, BC
2017 “The Legacy Continues: recent additions to the collection” Whyte Museum, Banff, AB
2017 “Season to Season, Coast to Coast: a celebration of the Canadian landscape” Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2017 “Then and Now” Wallace Galleries, Calgary, AB
2018 “III – Dorothy Knowles, Faye Heavyshield, Elaine Cameron-Weir”, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK
AWARDS
1982 Painting selected for Canada Postage Stamp
Cited by Century Saskatoon for Award of Appreciation in the Arts
1987 Saskatchewan Award of Merit
1994 Honorary Degree Recipient, University of Regina
2004 Named a member of the Order of Canada
2005 Centennial Medal of Saskatchewan
2007 Canada Post Corporation honouring Dorothy Knowles with the inclusion of 2 paintings in their Art Series
2009 Alumni of Influence Award, University of Saskatchewan
2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
DOCUMENTARY
2003 Dorothy Knowles The Artist’s Life (Series 1), Directed by Michael Glassbourg, Produced by TickleScratch Productions.
2004 Between the North Pole and New York City, a television documentary covering 5 decades of the Emma Lake Workshops, interviews with artists and critics, including Dorothy Knowles, directed by Mark Wihak and Daryl K. Davis, premier show Oct 3, p.m. 2004. Produced by Cooper Rock Productions.
2010 Dorothy Knowles and Terry Fenton – In Conversation …
2013 Dorothy Knowles- Conversation with the Artist, Part 1
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News
Publications
Dorothy Knowles “Flowers in the Landscape: 1983-1984”
Michael Gibson Gallery
June 2019
36 pages, colour illustrations, 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, softcover
$20.00
Exhibition catalogue for Dorothy Knowles' inaugural exhibition at Michael Gibson Gallery featuring previously undiscovered paintings that combine the contrasting elements of the landscape with beautifully arranged cut flowers in vases. The catalogue includes an interview with Dorothy Knowles and personal reflections by Robert Christie, Jonathan Forrest, Doug Maclean, Roald Nasgaard, Jeffrey Spalding and Karen Wilkin.
Videos
Dorothy Knowles Conversation
Dorothy Knowles, a tour de force in painting prairie landscapes talks simply about what inspires her work: beauty and the juxtaposition of colour and form in this interview with Marie Lanhoo from CARFAC Saskatchewan.Changing the Landscape with Dorothy Knowles
She took her first art class as a favour to a friend; seven decades later Dorothy Knowles is regarded as possibly the finest landscape painter in Canada. This video highlights her prolific career with an exhibition in her hometown of Saskatoon at the Remai Modern Gallery.
