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HALIFAX — An art dealer says a painting by the husband of renowned folk artist Maud Lewis sold Sunday for $5,500, with part of its attraction being that he falsely signed his wife's name to his ...
Over the past several years, the work of Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis has been garnering increased attention and praise. An icon of 20th-century Canadian art, interest in Lewis was propelled in ...
Lewis sold paintings to passing tourists for $2. Now, they go for as much as $20,000 and her entire house is on view in a museum. Maudie tells the true story of the untrained artist from Nova Scotia.
It tells the real-life story of Maud Lewis, Canada’s most famous folk artist, who, despite crippling rheumatoid arthritis, painted every day of her adult life on every surface she could find.
Maudie, directed by Aisling Walsh, depicts the life of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis (1903–1970).The film does not conform to typical biopic standards, just as the film’s subject, Maud ...
Lewis may have operated on, or even outside of, the fringes of the art world, but the McMichael Canadian Art Collection believes she deserves a place within its halls. by Brigit Katz October 14 ...
Earlier this year, a painting by the Nova Scotian folk artist Maud Lewis sold for $45,000 Canadian dollars. When she was alive, Lewis, born in 1903, sold such pieces from her home for $5 apiece.That ...
Lewis sold paintings to passing tourists for $2. Now, they go for as much as $20,000 and her entire house is on view in a museum. Maudie tells the true story of the untrained artist from Nova Scotia.
HALIFAX - An art dealer says a painting by the husband of renowned folk artist Maud Lewis sold Sunday for $5,500, with part of its attraction being that he falsely signed his wife’s name to his ...