Mary Alberta Cleland (August 20, 1876 – February 25, 1960) was a Canadian Impressionist painter and educator. She was born in

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and studied at the

Art Association of Montreal The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) 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 Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street west. The MMFA ...

. Cleland taught at the Art Association of Montreal alongside

William Brymner William Brymner, (December 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925) was a Canadian figure and landscape painter and educator. In addition to playing a key role in the development of Impressionism in Canada, Brymner taught numerous artists who became leadi ...

and

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from 1898 to 1937. Her works were exhibited at the

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) 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 Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street west. The MMFA ...

spring exhibitions from 1897 to 1943 and at the

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annual shows from 1899 to 1943. Her students included Nora Collyer,

Edwin Holgate Edwin Headley Holgate (August 19, 1892 – May 21, 1977), was a Canadian painter, muralist, and printmaker. Holgate played a major role in Montreal's art community, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, where he both studied and taught. He was k ...

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and Marian Scott. Cleland painted landscapes in

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and

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and portraits in

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. She died in Montreal at the age of 83.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cleland, Alberta 1876 births 1960 deaths Impressionism Artists from Montreal 20th-century Canadian painters Canadian Impressionist painters 20th-century Canadian women painters