Sarah Robertson

Sarah Margaret Armour Robertson (June 16, 1891 – December 6, 1948) was a Canadian artist.[1]

The daughter of John Armour Robertson and Jessie Anne Christie,[2] she was born in Montreal and studied with William Brymner, Maurice Cullen and Randolph Hewton at the Art Association of Montreal. She was a member of the Beaver Hall Group of artists. Her paintings appeared in exhibitions of Canadian art at Wembley, England in 1924 and 1925 and she was invited to participate in shows by the Group of Seven in 1928, 1930 and 1931. Robertson was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters in 1933.[3]

A friend of artist Prudence Heward, she frequently visited that artist's summer home near Brockville.[4] Although she mainly painted landscapes in oil, she also painted still lifes and portraits, as well as murals for private homes.[2]

Her works are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the University of Alberta and the Art Gallery of Ontario.[4]

She died in Montreal at the age of 57.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 McDougall, Anne. "Sarah Margaret Armour Robertson". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. 1 2 Walters, Evelyn (2005). The Women of Beaver Hall: Canadian Modernist Painters. Dundurn. pp. 93–99. ISBN 1550025880.
  3. ↑ "Sarah Robertson". National Gallery of Canada.
  4. 1 2 "Robertson, Sarah Margaret Armour". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Concordia University.
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