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MAUD LEWIS: AS COLLECTED BY JOHN RISLEY

December 1, 2017 to June 10, 2018
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Yarmouth

Curator: Sarah Fillmore

John Risley, co-founder of Clearwater Fine Foods has been collecting Maud Lewis’ work on behalf of his company for nearly 20 years. In total, the Collection holds over 200 of Maud’s paintings, including a Paintings For Sale sign which Maud placed in front of her home in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia. Never before shown publicly as a collection, 57 of those paintings will be on display at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in celebration of the work of this legendary folk artist.

Image:  Maud Lewis, Lighthouse and Ferry at Cape Forchu, Yarmouth County,1960s, Oil on board 31.4 x 33.7 cm. Collection of CFFI Ventures Inc. as collected by John Risley, TL2017.180

MAUD LEWIS

REALISM’S REACH

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