Aggregation Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, British Columbia
Literature
Stuart Reid, “Island Sketches: Thoughts on the Watercolour Paintings of Doris McCarthy”, “Celebrating Life: The Art of Doris McCarthy”, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, 1999, page 15 (chronology) and page 212
Doris McCarthy was born in Calgary, Alberta on July 7, 1910 and travelled Canada with her family from a young age. She studied at the OCA from 1926 until 1930, and was hired by Group of Seven member, Arthur Lismer, for a teaching job at the Toronto Art Gallery.
McCarthy became well-known for her mastery of watercolours. “[Her] watercolours are straightforward works, simple and direct, in a medium that cannot conceal overworking or tentativeness...watercolour is an inherently honest medium.”
She took two year-long trips through Europe and Asia, from which she applied new-found skills and perspectives into her paintings of Canadian landscapes.
