Marian Mildred Dale Scott (; 1906–1993) was a Canadian painter.

Life

She was born Marian Mildred Dale in

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on 26 June 1906.https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marian-mildred-dale-scott She showed talent at an early age: her first works were exhibited in 1918. She attended

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, a private school for girls, for three years and later became one of the first students at the

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in 1924. After study in London at the

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, she returned to her home city, where in 1928 she married the poet and law professor F. R. Scott. They had one son, the diplomat

Peter Dale Scott Peter Dale Scott (born 11 January 1929) is a Canadian-born poet, academic, and former diplomat. A son of the Canadian poet and constitutional lawyer F. R. Scott and painter Marian Dale Scott, he is best known for his critiques of deep politics ...

. Scott's career began with landscapes, followed by cityscapes which reflected her social concerns. In the 1940s, she sought inspiration in scientific literature. In the 1950s, she was inspired by biblical subjects. She then became an abstract artist. In the 1930s, Scott was active in anti-fascist movements and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which her husband had helped found. She also taught art to disadvantaged children as part of an organization set up by her close friend Norman Bethune. As a pacifist, she campaigned for nuclear disarmament in the 1950s and against the

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in the 1960s. Scott was a founding member of the short-lived but influential

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of Montreal ("Société d'art contemporain", 1939–1948), and was elected to the

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in 1973. She taught at St. George's School, the

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA; french: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, MBAM) is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest art museum in Canada by gallery space. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square ...

, and at Macdonald College. Scott died on 28 November 1993 in Montreal.

Awards

Thomas More Institute The Thomas More Institute (TMI) for Adult Education is a secular academic institution located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It offers a program of university level studies in the liberal arts. Affiliated with Université de Montréal at its beginni ...

, Purchase Award, 1967 * Ontario Society of Artists, Baxter Purchase Award, 1969

Bibliography

*''Marian Dale Scott: Pioneer of Modern Art''. Esther Trépanier. Musée du Québec, 2000.

References

External links

Marian Dale Scott images
at Mayberry Fine Art {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Marian Dale 1906 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Canadian women artists Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Artists from Montreal Canadian women painters École des beaux-arts de Montréal alumni Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts