Maud Kathleen Lewis (née Dowley; March 7, 1903 – July 30, 1970) was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia. [2] She lived most of her life in poverty in a small house in Marshalltown, …

Maud Lewis (1901–1970) has become one of Canada’s most renowned artists, the subject of numerous monographs, novels, plays, documentaries, and even a feature film. She was born …

Nov 9, 2023 · Directed by Aisling Walsh, ‘Maudie’ is a drama biopic about the life and hardships of famous folk artist Maud Lewis. Born with birth deformities, Maud suffers from rheumatoid …

May 17, 2023 · Maud Lewis was a Canadian painter and folk artist. Her artistic talents were largely hidden throughout much of her life — a result of poverty, shyness and social anxiety …

Nov 14, 2018 · Maud Lewis (March 7, 1903 – July 30, 1970) was a 20th-century Canadian folk artist. With a focus on subjects in nature and ordinary life and a folk style of painting, she …

Maud Lewis exemplified the simple life. But simple doesn’t mean dull. The simplicity of her paintings, brushed initially with scrounged paint from local fishermen onto ubiquitous green …

Mar 17, 2003 · For more than three decades, the diminutive Lewis eked out a living rendering colorful oil paintings on the most primitive of surfaces — including particleboard, cardboard …

Maud Dowley Lewis was born March 7, 1903 in South Ohio, a community near Yarmouth. Her father Jack would provide a moderately prosperous living as a respected craftsman, making …

In Maud Lewis: Life & Work, author Ray Cronin deftly explores her story and creative legacy, and pays tribute to the cheerful paintings that testify to her indominable spirit and will to create …

Jan 15, 2024 · Born in the Yarmouth hospital, Maud Lewis grew up in south Ohio. Lewis was born with such a rare condition that doctors had not diagnosed it in her lifetime. This condition …