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Listed Canadian Artist: 1903-1992
Oil on Board - Signed by the Artistl
Titled Verso: "A Bit of Canadiana"
Size - h: 8 in. by w: 6 in.
Lillian Jean McGeoch
Lillian Jean McGeoch was born in Sundrich, Ontario in January 1903. Early on, Lillian won two scholarships in succession while studying under Alfred Howell at Toronto Central Tech School. Lillian furthered her art education under noted artists' John William Beatty and George Reid at the Ontario College of Art. She also studied painting in oils while in Nova Scotia and in Rockport Maine, USA.
In April 1926 Lillian McKittrick married Rae McGeoch, a sales manager in Toronto. For a number of years she worked as a freelance commercial artist and displayed her works at a number of public art exhbitions. She also taught art in the Etobicoke school system.
Lillian mainly painted oil and tempera landscapes which included some still life studies and was active in a number of art associations. She had varied talents in the realm of art and also worked with metal, clay and wood and later in her art career she had success with her sculptures as a member of the artists' group, 'The Sculptors Nine'.
Lillian was a member of the Woman's Art Association in both Toronto and Hamilton, a member of the Etobicoke Art Group and a member of the Nova Scotia Soc. of Artists. McGeoch also participated in solo exhibitions in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Women’s Art Association in Toronto, the Richview Library, Toronto, the Douglas Art Gallery, and the Lyceum Club in Toronto.
Lillian Jean McGeoch passed away in 1992.
Lillian Jean McGeoch, Toronto Artist
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