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Maud Lewis

1903 - 1970

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Maud Kathleen Lewis (née Dowley; March 7, 1903 – July 30, 1970) was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia. She lived most of her life in poverty in a small house in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia. She achieved national recognition in 1964 and 1965 for her cheerful paintings of landscapes, animals and flowers, which offer a nostalgic and optimistic vision of her native province. Several books, plays and films have been produced about her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maud Lewis is the 872nd most popular painter (down from 430th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Canada (down from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Painter.

Maud Lewis is most famous for her paintings of scenes from her life in Nova Scotia.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maud Lewis ranks 872 out of 2,023. Before her are Cigoli, Emil Orlík, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Amalia Lindegren, Nicolae Grigorescu, and Cornelis van Poelenburgh. After her are Henry Hill, Donald Judd, Paul Gavarni, Bartolomé Bermejo, Barbara Longhi, and Toros Roslin.

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Among people born in 1903, Maud Lewis ranks 120. Before her are Rudolf Serkin, Amy Johnson, Alf Sjöberg, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Nikolai Voznesensky, and Jan de Klerk. After her are Cornell Woolrich, Richard Thomalla, Howard P. Robertson, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, W. Ross Ashby, and Barbara Hepworth. Among people deceased in 1970, Maud Lewis ranks 99. Before her are George Szell, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, John Barbirolli, Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Amadeo Bordiga, and Pavel Belyayev. After her are Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Lucien Goldmann, Folco Lulli, Billie Burke, Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, and Alexander Gode.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Maud Lewis ranks 158 out of 1,622. Before her are Myron Scholes (1941), Rick Moranis (1953), Steven Pinker (1954), Peter Cullen (1941), Nathan Fillion (1971), and Cindy Breakspeare (1954). After her are Tom Cavanagh (1963), Shania Twain (1965), Michael Ontkean (1946), Gil Evans (1912), Loreena McKennitt (1957), and Joshua Slocum (1844).

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Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, Maud Lewis ranks 1. After her are Jeff Wall (1946), Agnes Martin (1912), Emily Carr (1871), John McCrae (1872), Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923), Philip Guston (1913), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tom Thomson (1877), and Rob Gonsalves (1959).

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