Nationality Canadian Style expressionism | Known for painting Died 1987 | |
Full Name Mina Mabel McDonald Education Queen's University, University of Manitoba, Michigan State University | ||
Mina Forsyth (September 20, 1921 in Estevan, Saskatchewan – 1987 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) was a Canadian artist. She is known for her expressionist and abstract landscapes, figural works and still life paintings.
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Education
In 1955 Mina Forsyth received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Manitoba. She also had an MA from Michigan State University, which she received in 1957. In Michigan State she studied under Abraham Rattner. Forsyth attended the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955, 1965, 1966 and 1967.
Career
During the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s, Forsyth attended many workshops at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, studying with artists such as Jack Shadbolt, Jules Olitski, Lawrence Alloway, Harold Cohen, Frank Stella, Walter Darby Bannard, John McLean, Tim Hilton, and Terry Atkinson. Forsyth also attended the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Gimli Summer School in Gimli, Manitoba.
Forsyth was a guest artist at an Emma Lake workshop in 1977 and worked at the University of Saskatchewan as professor emeritus and as an art instructor until she retired in 1985. In 1991, Forsyth received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from the Saskatchewan Arts Board.
Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Awards
Awards