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Kathleen Munn

Kathleen Jean Munn (1887 - 1974) was active/lived in Ontario, New York / Canada.  Kathleen Munn is known for Landscape, figure, biblical themes, still life, abstraction.

"Kathleen Munn, Life and Work" by Georgiana Uhlyarik

Kathleen Munn (1887–1974) is recognized today as a pioneer of modern art in Canada, though she remained on the periphery of the Canadian art scene during her lifetime. She imagined conventional subjects in a radically new visual vocabulary as she combined the traditions of European art with modern art studies in New York. She died at age eighty-seven, unaware that her long-held hope for “a possible future for my work” was about to become reality.

Kathleen Jean Munn was born into a large, closely knit middle-class family in Toronto in 1887. The Munns’ background was Methodist, but religion did not play a role in family life. James and Catherine (née Wetherald) Munn owned and ran a jewellery store at the intersection of Yonge and Bloor, and the family lived in the apartment above. They had three boys and three girls: Clarkson (died as an infant), William (ran the Munn store), Fredrick James (a doctor who died young),   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12361 characters.]  Artist bio

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