Doris McCarthy is represented by the Wynick/Tuck Gallery BIOGRAPHY Born July 7,1910. Calgary, Alberta Education 1989 University of Toronto, BA (English) 1954 Ontario Dept. of Education, Specialist Certificate in Art 1935-36 Post-Graduate study,(painting), Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England 1933 Ontario Training College for Technical Teachers 1926-39 Ontario College of Art, Toronto. (Honours Graduate) SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 A Moment: Selected Works 1932-2005, Wynick/Tuck Gallery Toronto, Ontario 2010 Roughing it in the Bush University of Toronto Art Centre and Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario 2010 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2009 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2008 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2007 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2006 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2005 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2004 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2004 Everything Which Is Yes: Paintings 1946 2003, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario 2003 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2002 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2002 Scott Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta 2002 Recent Paintings in Oil and Watercolours, The Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2001 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2000 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2002 Doris McCarthy, Canada and Beyond, Scott Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta 1999-2000 Retrospective, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario 1999 The View From Here, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario 1999 New Watercolours & Sketches from Ireland, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1998 Phillip Wood Gallery, Almonte, Ontario 1998 Parry Sound West District Museum, Ontario 1998 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1997 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1996 W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, Ontario 1996 Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1996 Chapel Gallery, Bracebridge, Ontario 1996 City of Scarborough "Doris McCarthy Day", June 4th, Scarborough, Ontario 1996 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1995 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1994 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1994 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
1993 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1992 Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta 1992 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1992 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta 1991 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1991 Doris McCarthy, A Feast of Incarnation, Paintings 1929-1989, The Gallery/ Stratford. Ontario, McClaren Art Centre, Barrie. Ontario, Chatham Cultural Centre, Chatham, Ontario, Point Claire Cultural Centre, Point Claire, Quebec McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario Peterborough Art Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario 1990 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta 1990 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1989 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1988 Arts & Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario 1988 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta 1988 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1987 Welch Gallery, Woodlawn, Ontario 1987 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1986 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta 1986 Early Work: Paintings, Drawing and Relief Prints from the 30's, 40's & 50's, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1985 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1985 Kortright Centre for Conservation, Kleinburg, Ontario Agassiz Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1984 Impact Gallery, Jasper, Alberta 1984 Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta 1984 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1983 America's Society, New York, NY 1983 Scarborough Public Library, Scarborough, Ontario 1983 Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1982,84,85 Torbolton Oaks Gallery, Woodlawn, Ontario 1982 Agassiz Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1982 Aggregation Gallery, Toronto. (now Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto) 1980 Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1978-79 Contact, Art Gallery of Ontario, organised and circulated by Art Gallery of Ontario Extension Programme 1977,79 Wells Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1977,78 Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1976 Administrator's Residence, Grise Fiord, N.W.T. 1974,77 Kensington Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta 1974,75 Robertson Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario 1972 Guttenburg Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1970 Gallery, 93, Ottawa, Ontario 1966 Scarborough College, University of Toronto 1963,65 Alice Peck Gallery, Burlington, Ontario 1962 Victoria College, University of Toronto 1959 Women's Art Association, Toronto, Ontario 1957 University Women's Club, Toronto 1954 McDonald College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec 1954 East York Public Library, Toronto
1954 Peterborough Public Library, Peterborough, Ontario 1952 Brantford Public Library, Brantford, Ontario 1951 Port Colbourne Art Gallery, Port Colbourne, Ontario 1951 Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario 1949,67 St. Andrews College, Aurora, Ontario 1947 Victoria College, University of Toronto 1947 Perce, Quebec 1946 Oshawa, Ontario 1946 Sudbury, Ontario 1942 Mellors (later Roberts) Gallery, Toronto 1941 Beaches Public Library, Toronto 1937,40 Wymilwood, University of Toronto 1935 United Church Deaconess College, Toronto 1933 Earlscourt Library, Toronto TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS 1932 Strathcona Hall, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec 1952 Victoria College, University of Toronto 1951 Eaton's Art Gallery, Toronto 1950 Two Women Show, London Art Gallery, London, Ontario 1930 Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Juried Open Exhibitions 2003 The Boat Show, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1997 Informal Ideas, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1997 Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY 1996 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona 1996 Group Show, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1996 The Middle Show, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1988-89 Home Sweet Home Toronto, The Market Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1985 From the Shadows, The Market Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 1983-84 The Woman's Show, Ontario Society of Artists, C.N.E. and travelling Ontario 1950-83 Portraits of Water, Sarnia Public Art Gallery, Ontario 1979-on Gallery Artists, Aggregation Gallery, Toronto, (now Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto) 1975 Four Canadian Women Artists, Scarborough College, U. of T. Ontario 1975 Tribute to Ten, Sisler Gallery, Toronto 1975 Japan-Canada Exchange, Circulated in Japan 1972,74 Scan, Vancouver Art Gallery 1969 Group Show, Calgary, Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta 1961 London Art Gallery 1959 Four Man Show, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario 1958 Minneapolis Bicentennial, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1956-58 Winnipeg Biennale, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba 1955 California Canada Exchange, Hackley Art Museum, Muskegan, MI 1954 Three Woman Show, London Art Gallery, London, Ontario 1951 Group Show, Picture Loan Gallery, Toronto
1951 Group Show, Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario 1950 Western Ontario Travelling Exhibit, Various galleries 1947-50 Canadian Women Artists of Today, Riverside Museum, New York, NY 1947/48/51 Group Show, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto 1946-49 Western Ontario Travelling Exhibit, Various galleries 1949-51,53,55, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario 1957-61. 1931 Three Man Show, Annesley Hall, U. Of T., Toronto 1957-61. 1955,57,61 Montreal Spring Shows- Montreal Museum of Fine Art 1954-56,60 Canadian Group of Painters- Art Gallery of Toronto and elsewhere 1938,39,44, C.S.P W.(Various galleries including National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Toronto 1953-56, London Art Gallery, Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Confederation Art Gallery 1958,64, Charlottetown, P.E.I.,Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Memorial University Art Gallery 1965,67,70 St. John's, Newfoundland 1931-36,39,41, Ontario Society of Artists-(Art Gallery of Toronto-later Art Gallery of Ontario) 1942,44,45,49-58, 1964,65,67,70, 1973-75. 1934-37,44,46-49, Royal Canadian Academy-(shows alternate between Art Gallery of Toronto and 1951-55,58-60 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts respectively) 1987 SELECTED PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS Numerous public and private collections in Canada and Abroad including: Public Collections: Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Carleton Art Gallery, Carleton University, Ontario City of Toronto (The Market Gallery, City of Toronto Archives) Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta Government of Ontario, Ontario Centennial Collection H.B.Beal Secondary School, London, Ontario High Court of Australia, Canberra, Australia Huron College, London, Ontario London Art Gallery, London, Ontario Malvern Collegiate, Toronto McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario Royal Art Collection, Windsor Castle, UK Scarborough College, University of Toronto Seneca College, Toronto University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta Victoria College, University of Toronto Whitehorse Public Library, Yukon Territory Private Collections: Amoco Canada Petroleum Limited, Toronto
Bell Canada, Toronto Berwick Ferguson Payroll Canada Limited, Toronto British American Oil Blake Cassles and Graydon Canadian Bankers Association Canadian Northern Telecommunications Conner Clark, Toronto Consumers Gas Company, Toronto Coopers and Lybrand, Toronto, Ontario Crown Trust Company Limited, Toronto DOFASCO (Dominion Foundaries and Steel Company), Hamilton, Ontario. Dominion Securities, Toronto Edward Parker Associates Four Seasons Hotels, Toronto Fortis Inc. General Foods, Toronto Hallmark Cards, Willowdale, Ontario Hudson 's Bay Oil and Gas Company Husky Oil, Calgary Imperial Oil International Business Machines Jannock Corporation, Toronto John Caufield Smith Limited Loblaws Companies Ltd., Toronto Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Toronto Mary Jackman Collection Mary Kay Cosmetics, Toronto Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Mutual Service Insurance Company National Trust NOVA Corporation, Calgary, Alberta O.M.E.R.S, Toronto, Ontario PAN Canadian Petroleum Petro-Canada, Calgary Petro-Canada, Calgary, Alberta Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Royal Bank, Montreal, Quebec Scarborough Grace General Hospital, Toronto Sceptre Investment Council, Toronto Sears Corporation, Chicago Slater Walker Company St. James Cathedral, Toronto Stradthy, Archibald & Seagram, Toronto Syncrude Limited Toronto Golf Club, Toronto Transcanada Pipelines Limited Transcanada Pipelines, Toronto W.C. Laidlaw Xerox of Canada, Toronto AWARDS/HONOURS 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Scarborough Chamber of Commerce 2002 Honourary Doctorate of Laws, University of Alberta 2002 Honourary Doctorate of Laws, Trent University
2001 Honourary Doctorate of Laws, University of Toronto 2000 Julius Griffith Award 1999 Artist of Honour, McMichael Canadian Art Collection 1998 William Kilbourn Award, Toronto Arts Council 1998 Honourary Degree of Doctor of Letters, Nipissing University 1995 Honourary Doctor of Law Degree, University of Calgary 1992 Appointed Member of the Order of Ontario 1986 Appointed Member of the Order of Canada [C.M.] 1983 Tia Maria Award, Canadian Woman Artist of the Year 1982 Civic Award of Merit for the City of Scarborough FILMS 1983 Feature documentary film entitled "Doris McCarthy, Heart of a Painter", produced by Wendy Wacko - W. Wacko Productions Ltd., Jasper, Alberta. TELEVISION PROGRAMMES 1995 The Story of our Becoming, Vision Television. (January) PUBLICATIONS 2004 McCarthy, Doris. Ninety Years Wise: Doris McCarthy. Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario. 1999 Celebrating Life, The Art of Doris McCarthy. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Toronto, Ontario. 1990 McCarthy, Doris. A Fool In Paradise, An Artist's Early Life, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, Publishers, Toronto, Ontario. 1991 McCarthy, Doris. The Good Wine, Macfarlane Walter & Ross, Publishers, Toronto, Ontario. TEACHING POSITIONS 1932-72 Central Technical School, Toronto. (Assistant Head of Art Dept. 1969-72) 1931-32 Moulton College, Toronto, Part time 1930-1935 Art Gallery of Toronto, Children's classes PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolours (C.S.P.W.C.) Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (R.C.A.) elected associate 1951, Academician 1974 Ontario Society of Artists (O.S.A.), elected member 1945. Vice president 1961-64, President 1969-72 Member of the Order of Canada (C.M.), appointed December 29, 1986, Ottawa Member of the Order of Ontario, appointed April 28, 1992, Toronto Honorary Doctor of Law Degree (L.L.D.) from the University of Calgary, November 1995 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY "Artist paints Arctic landscape", Spectrum, University of Toronto, Scarborough College, Vol. 1, No. 13, March 24, 1982. "Celebrating Life: The Art of Doris McCarthy", The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1999
"College student named to Order of Canada", Spectrum, University of Toronto, Scarborough campus, vol. No.8, February 11, 1987, cover. "Stores show birthday art", The Globe and Mail, June 4, 1982. "Student named to Order of Canada", Bulletin, University of Toronto, Feb 9, 1987, 3. "The Work of Joyce Wieland", Canada Source: Today Magazine, Issue No, 18, April, 1988. "World famous names chosen for 1989 Beach Roll of Honor", Beach Metro News, Vol. 18, No. 7, May 30 1989. Andrea, Janice. "Wide variety of themes: Watercolour exhibition opened", The Free Press, 1975. Baele, Nancy. "Barbour and McCarthy reflect tradition and teaching", The Citizen, Ottawa. Sept.27, 1985, D 26. Brown, Ian. "Interviews with Doris McCarthy", CBC Radio, March 9, 4:45 pm, 1990. C.P. "McCarthy wins artist of the year", The Globe and Mail, October 26, 1983. Careless, Sue. Artist sees God revealed in nature, The Anglican, p.16 Cameron, Elspeth. "Lives of Women", Saturday Night, July/August, 62-63, 1990. Canadian Medical Association Journal, December 15, 1985 Vol 133, No. 12, photo. Carter, Alixe. "Artist turns to Arctic for show", Ottawa Journal, Feb 1, 1974. Corbella, Licia. "Noted Artist, 78, earns degree amid globe-trotting, writing", Toronto Star, June 5, 1989, A7. Craig, Robert. "Paintings and How to Buy them", Doctor's Review, July/August, 1986, photo. Dault, Gary Michael. "Vivacious artist pins down the Arctic air", Toronto Star, March, 1977. Davies, Pam. "The View form Doris McCarthy", The Sunday Sun, p.11 Hume, Christopher. "Artist paints masterful Arctic landscapes", Toronto Star, March 30, 1984. Hume, Christopher. "Artist's love affair with Arctic Communicated in her paintings", Toronto Star, March 29, 1988, H1. Hume, Christopher. "At 80, Painter is Having the time of her Life", Toronto Star March 11, 1990. Hume, Christopher. "Doris McCarthy", Today Magazine, Toronto Star, January 9, 1982, 13. Hume, Christopher. "Galleries: Past Due", The Toronto Star, May 30, 1986, D20. Hume, Christopher. Art, Toronto Star, Saturday, March 19, 1983, review. Hume, Christopher, "No Question About this McCarthy's Era", The Toronto Star, November 27, 1999 Hunter, Lorraine. "Film features borough artist" Toronto Star, May 10, 1983, 25. Jones, Susanne, "A brush with Art", The Globe and Mail, Sept 27, 1997, C28 Kritzwiser, Kay. The Globe and Mail, November 25, 1972. Kritzwiser,Kay. "A visit with Doris McCarthy" Canadian City & Country Home, Fall, 1983, Vol. 2, No.3, 146-52. Matousek, Phylis. "At 74, Artist hasn't lost her gumption" The Edmonton Journal, May 19, 1984. Martin, Elizabeth and Vivian Meyer. Female Gazes, Seventy-Five Women Artists, Second Story Press, 1997, p94,95,114 McCarthy, Doris, " County Mayo, A Canadian Painter in Ireland ", Canadian Art, Fall 1999, Vol. 16, No. 3 Pp. 52-55 Nazareth, Errol. "Order of Canada recipient always on the go", Scarborough Mirror, March 11, 1987, 27. O'Brien, Peter, "The Unfinished Canvas of her Life", The Globe and Mail, November 20, 1999 Oxorn, Pearl. "Arctic love affair: An artist explores the far north" Ottawa Journal, Saturday, Jan 29, 1977. P.M. "Younger Artists Exhibit Pictures: Sketches show by McCarthy, Curry, Casey.", 1931. Reid, Stuart, "The View from Here", exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 1999 Sawchuk, Diane. "Backflies, cold can't keep artist, 76 from life's work." Toronto Star. February 24, 1987, 7. Scott, Martha. "Solitude the reward of a landscape artist", The Citizen, Ottawa, Saturday, January 29, 1977. Spires, Randy. "Landscape artist Doris McCarthy a dynamo at 76", The Globe and Mail, April 25, 1987, C15. Tousley, Nancy. "Autobiography brings Artist's life in full Circle", Calgary Herald, January 30, 1990. W.Q.K. "Arctic paintings dazzling", Review, 1974. Walker, Kathleen. "McCarthy's painting reveals face of North", The Citizen, Ottawa, Monday, May 12, 1975. Webb, Marshall. "Doris McCarthy: A Pioneering Spirit", Arts West, Nov.Dec, 1980. West, Cinnamon, "Brought to you live...", The Calgary Sun, Oct. 19, 1997 Doris McCarthy is represented by the Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.