Get to know the real Maud Lewis at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's new exhibit | Arts + Culture | Halifax, Nova Scotia
It’s the biggest retrospective of the artist the province has seen in about a decade.
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It’s the biggest retrospective of the artist the province has seen in about a decade.
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Paintings by Nova Scotia artist Maud Lewis, who died in 1970, sold for record-breaking amounts in 2021. Experts and art lovers are trying to figure out what's driving up the prices, and if she'll soon pass $100,000 for a painting.
Over 15 titles explore the folk artist's life—but Laurie Dalton's Painted Worlds: The Art of Maud Lewis, A Critical Perspective puts the emphasis back on the paintings.
One new book aims to lift Maud Lewis’s profile by discussing her art, another explains that World War Two was won thanks to Halifax women.