Marion Nicoll | Copyright & Credits

Copyright & Credits

Acknowledgements

From the Author

I first became aware of Marion Nicoll’s work after moving to Calgary, Alberta in 1995 to become the Senior Art Curator at Glenbow Museum. My enthusiasm for her practice quickly developed into acquisitions of her work, exhibition projects, and then exploration of her artist-couple marriage to Jim Nicoll during my doctoral work at the University of Alberta between 2006 and 2010. When ACI invited a proposal from me for a monograph on an important Canadian artist, Marion Nicoll was uppermost in my mind. In private life, my sustained interest in her work has been shared by my husband, David McNamara, and also our daughter, Jennifer McNamara. It is to them I dedicate this book for they have borne witness to the many hours I have spent thinking about Nicoll, and they have heard out my many ideas and arguments at the dinner table and beyond.

To the staff at ACI, I thank them all, but most notably those with whom I have worked directly. These include Sara Angel and Michael Rattray, with whom early discussions on this book were formed. Since then, Sara Angel and Jocelyn Anderson have shepherded this project to fruition with editorial and design support from Rosie Prata and Monique Johnson. I also give special thanks to the Title Sponsors, William R. and Sidney Pieschel of Calgary, whose financial support and endorsement has enriched this project, and to Daryl Betenia and Melanie Kjorlien of Glenbow Museum for supporting this book as a cultural partner and copyright holder for the Nicoll estate.

Throughout the research and writing, I have been supported by several colleagues whose time and wisdom are to be recognized. These include Michael Parke-Taylor, Mary-Beth Laviolette, Katherine Ylitalo, and Leila Sujir. I would also like to thank my PhD supervising committee at the University of Alberta where I developed my interest in women in artist-couples to include Marion Nicoll; thanks to Colleen Skidmore, Sarah Carter, Beverly Lemire, and Steven Harris. I also recognize the work of more recent Marion Nicoll scholars, Ann Davis and Jennifer Salahub, and, before them, curator Christopher Jackson and artists John Hall and Ron Moppett, who developed crucial exhibitions in 1986 and 1975 respectively. Joan Murray is also to be thanked for her vitally important interview with the artist. Art dealers across Canada have been instrumental in locating works and I thank them as follows: Yves Trépanier of Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary; Romana Kaspar Kraft of Collector’s Gallery, Calgary; Ian Loch Gallery of Calgary and Winnipeg; Doug Levis of Levis Fine Art, Calgary; Doug Maclean of Canadian Art Galleries; and Ryan Green and Rod Green and the staff at Masters Gallery. Thanks are extended to each and every private collector who has agreed to provide access to their collections.

Finally, the tireless work of Canada’s collection registrars, curators, archivists, and librarians deserves recognition: Travis Lutley (Glenbow Museum); Quyen Hoang and Barb Greendale (City of Calgary); Tobi Bruce and Christine Braun (Art Gallery of Hamilton); Cyndie Campbell, Christopher Davidson, and Katerina Atanassova (National Gallery of Canada); Danielle Siemens (Art Gallery of Alberta); Stephanie Doll (Leighton Foundation); Allison Wagner (University of Calgary Archives); Jana Tyler (Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery); Gail Lint and Erin McDonald (Alberta Foundation for the Arts); Sarah Milroy, Ki-in Wong, and Linda Morita (McMichael Canadian Art Collection); Chris Batten (The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery); and Cassandra Paul (Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts).

From the ACI

The Art Canada Institute gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the Title Sponsor of this book, Sydney and William R. Pieschel Foundation.

We thank the Founding Sponsor of the Art Canada Institute: BMO Financial Group.

The ACI is honoured to be presenting this book with the Glenbow as a cultural partner, and particularly wishes to thank Daryl Betenia, Cynthia Chang-Christison, Cathy Herr, and Melanie Kjorlien.

The ACI also thanks the other Title Sponsors of the 2022–2023 Canadian Online Art Book Project: K. James Harrison and Melinda Harrison; Scotiabank; Eleanor and Francis Shen; and Morden Yolles.

We thank the Art Canada Institute Visionaries: Anonymous; Kiki Delaney, CM, and Ian Delaney; the Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, CC; The Sabourin Family Foundation; and Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan Charitable Foundation.

We are grateful to the Art Canada Institute Leaders: Anonymous; Alexandra Baillie; Alexandra Bennett; Grant and Alice Burton; Jamie Cameron and Christopher Bredt; Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation; The Connor, Clark & Lunn Foundation; Jon S. Dellandrea, CM, and Lyne Dellandrea; Linda and Steven Diener; Roger and Kevin Garland; Joan and Martin Goldfarb; Tim and Darka Griffin; K. James Harrison and Melinda Harrison; The Henry White Kinnear Foundation; The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation; Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation; Michelle Koerner and Kevin Doyle; Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation; Christine Laptuta; Janet and Willard L’Heureux; Karen Girling and Bruce MacLellan; Liza Mauer and Andrew Sheiner; Nancy McCain and Bill Morneau; The McLean Foundation; The Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation; John Mulvihill, CM, and Nancy Mulvihill; The Scott Griffin Foundation; Andrew Stewart; TD Bank Group; Trinity Development Foundation; Fred and Linda Waks; Bruce V. Walter and Erica Walter; Susan Wortzman; Jane Zeidler; Joyce Zemans, CM, and Fred Zemans; and Sara and Michael Angel.

Appreciation goes as well to our Patrons: Diana Billes; Eric and Jodi Block; Anne-Marie Canning; Cowley Abbott; Mike and Kim Downs; Lilly Fenig; Jane and Michael Freund; Leslie S. Gales and Keith Ray; Katherine Graham Debost; Reesa Greenberg; Graham and Mary Hallward; KPMB Architects; Marcia McClung and Franklyn Griffiths; Marci McDonald and St. Clair Balfour; Trina McQueen; Elaine Kierans and Shawn McReynolds; Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation; Gilles and Julia Ouellette; Sandra Pitblado, CM, and Jim Pitblado, CM; The Richard and Beryl Ivey Fund within the London Community Foundation; Michael and Renae Tims; Carol Weinbaum; Michael Simmonds and Steven M. Wilson; and Robin and David Young.

The Art Canada Institute would like to thank the following for their assistance: Alberta Foundation for the Arts (Neil Lazaruk, Kristin Stoesz); Art Gallery of Alberta (Danielle Siemens); Art Gallery of Ontario (Alexandra Cousins); Canadian Art Gallery (Doug MacLean); Canadian Museum of History (Shannon Mooney, Dominique Taylor); City of Calgary (Kim Hallis); Cowley Abbott Fine Art (Rob Cowley, Louise Dudley); Estate of Luke Lindoe (Carroll Taylor-Lindoe); Estate of ManWoman (Astarte Dale Sellers); Estate of James Stanford Perrott (Richard Perrott); Janvier Gallery (Tyesha John); The Kalaman Group (Rachael Watson); Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre (Kelly Rae); Leighton Art Centre (Morgan Martino); Levis Fine Art Auctions & Appraisals (Doug Levis, Andrea Lowe, Cheryl Sonley); Library and Archives Canada; Loch Gallery (Ian Loch); Marion Nicoll Gallery (Sam Rollo); Masters Gallery (Caitlyn Rinne); McMaster University (Christopher Long); McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Hanna Broker); Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (Teresa Sudeyko); Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Véronique Greaves); National Gallery of Canada (Raven Amiro); Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (Michele Hardy, Lisa Tillotson); Queen’s University Library (Jessica Beardsley); The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Sonya Jones, Heather Riley); The Rooms (Chris Batten, Angela Noseworthy); Seneca College; SOCAN (Jane Labiak, Jean-Philippe Prince); Tiller Wolf Art Consulting (Jared Tiller, Shyla Wolf); TrépanierBaer Gallery (Judy Ciccaglione); University of Calgary Digital Collections (Anita Dammer); University of Regina President’s Art Collection (Alex King); Vancouver Art Gallery (Danielle Currie); Waddington’s Auctioneers and Appraisers (Solomon Alaluf); and John Dean, Alex Janvier, and Katie Ohe.

The ACI recognizes the additional private collectors who have given permission for their works to be published in this edition.

IMAGE SOURCES

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Credit for Cover Image

Marion Nicoll, *Alberta IV: Winter Morning*, 1961. (See below for details.)

Credits for Banner Images

Biography: Marion Nicoll in her studio, c.1963. (See below for details.)

Key Works: Marion Nicoll, *Calgary II: The Ugly City*, 1964. (See below for details.)

Significance & Critical Issues: Marion Nicoll, *Badlands, Eladesor*, 1953. (See below for details.)

Style and Technique: Marion Nicoll, *Prophet*, 1960. (See below for details.)

Sources and Resources: Marion Nicoll, *Batik*, c.1950. (See below for details.)

Where to See: Marion Nicoll Gallery. (See below for details.)

Credits For Works by Marion Nicoll

*Alberta IV: Winter Morning*, 1961. Private Collection, Calgary. Courtesy of Levis Fine Art Auctions & Appraisals, Calgary. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Alberta VI, Prairie*, 1960. Private Collection, Calgary. Courtesy of Loch Gallery, Calgary. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Ancient Wall*, 1962. Collection of the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, gift of Beta Sigma Phi, 1963 (63.7). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*August Heat*, 1957. Private Collection, Mississauga. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: The Kalaman Group.

*Badlands, Eladesor*, 1953. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (81.36.1R). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Batik*, c.1950. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, gift of Joyce and Fred Zemans, Toronto, 2008 (42515). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: NGC.

*The Beautiful City*, 1959. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, gift of Mrs. Rae Poole, 1996 (BG1453). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: Michael R. Barrick.

*Bowness Road, 2 AM*, 1963. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (76.8.1). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Brewster’s*, 1935. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1978.019.002). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Butterflies* (clay mould), 1953. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (R856.106). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Butterflies* (clay print on paper), 1953. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (R856.40). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Calgary II: The Ugly City*, 1964. Private Collection. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Calgary III, 4 AM*, 1966. Collection of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (1973.020.000). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Chinook*, 1943. Collection of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (NG.1978.031.002). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Chinook*, 1945. Collection of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (NG.1978.012.000). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Christmas Tree*, 1952. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1999.044.003). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*The City on Sunday*, 1960. City of Calgary Public Art Collection, Alberta, gift of the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, 1981 (990039). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Crowsnest Pass*, 1948. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1989.047.001). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*East River*, 1958. Private Collection. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: John Dean.

*End of Summer*, 1963. Private Collection, Calgary. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Expanding White*, 1960. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1973.011.076). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*February 1967*, 1967. Collection of the Leighton Art Centre, Alberta. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Fishes*, 1955. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.270). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Flowers, Vase, Books, and Porcelain*, 1932. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1978.055.001). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Foothills: I*, 1965. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (995.029.001). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Guaycura I: Red Rock, Black Rock*, 1966. Private collection. Courtesy of Waddington’s Auctioneers and Appraisers, Toronto. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Illustration from Sketchbook #12, date unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary (78.2.12. A-N). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*January ’68*, 1968. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1973.004.001). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*January ’68*, 1968. City of Calgary Public Art Collection, gift of the Estate of Marion Nicoll through the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, 1987 (990166). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Journey to the Mountains: Approach, The Mountains, Return*, 1968–69. Collection of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (NG 1976.010.003). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*La Paz—Empty Mission*, #1/9 Artist’s Proof, 1967. Private Collection, Calgary. Courtesy of Levis Fine Art Auctions & Appraisals, Calgary.

*La Paz, Red Rock Black Rock*, 1967. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1973.004.009). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Little Indian Girl*, 1957–58. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1988.132.001.ABC). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*March*, 1967. City of Calgary Public Art Collection, gift of the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, 1990 (990317). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Maybe To-morrow*, 1976. Private Collection, Calgary. Courtesy of Levis Fine Art Auctions & Appraisals, Calgary. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*The Maze*, c.1969. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.396.A). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Mountain Water*, c.1936. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (995.027.004). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Northern Nesting Grounds*, 1964. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (995.018.550). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*One Year*, 1971. City of Calgary Public Art Collection, gift of the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, 1973 (990003). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Page from Marion Nicoll’s sketchbook, Sketchbook #9, c.1937–38. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary (78.2.9 A-K). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Page from Marion Nicoll’s sketchbook, Sketchbook #10, c.1937–38. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary (78.2.10 A-G). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Portrait of Florence Mackay*, 1937. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.277). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Prairie Farm*, 1968. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, gift of ICI Canada Inc. (1995.19.39). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Preliminary sketches from sketchbook, date unknown. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.384). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Preliminary sketches of *Journey to the Mountains*, date unknown. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.378). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Procession of Birds*, 1956. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (996.001.001). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Prophet*, 1960. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, donated by Shirley and Peter Savage (990.185.1). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Ritual I*, 1962. Private Collection, Calgary. Courtesy of TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Ritual II*, 1963. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1978.019.012). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Rome I: The Shape of the Night*, 1960. Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador Collection, The Rooms, St. John’s. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Self Portrait*, 1959. Location unknown. Courtesy of McMaster University Archives and Research Collections, Hamilton, from Brooks Joyner, *Marion Nicoll: R.C.A.*, Calgary: Masters Gallery, 1979. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Self Portrait*, 1979. Courtesy of McMaster University Archives and Research Collections, Hamilton. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Sicilia*, 1959. Collection of Ellen & Daryl Fridhandler, K.C., Calgary, Alberta. Courtesy of TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Sicilia V: The House of Padrone*, 1959. Collection of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (NG1968.074.000). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Sicilia #1*, 1959. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1973.011.002). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Silver and amethyst bracelet; silver bracelet and matching earrings; sterling silver and amethyst cabochons, date unknown. Private Collection, Calgary. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: Tiller Wolf.

Sketches for finger rings, Sketchbook #2, date unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary (78.2.2A-R). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Snow Fence*, c.1956–62. Private Collection, Calgary. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: John Dean.

*Spring*, 1959. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (984.51.1). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Spring ’67*, 1967. City of Calgary Public Art Collection, gift of the Calgary Convention Centre, 1983 (990073). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Studies for *January ’68,* Sketchbook #3, c.1968. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary (81.28.9). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Summer Rain*, 1934. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1978.055.002). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Thursday’s Model*, March 12, 1959. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (29161). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: NGC.

*Ulysses Beach, Naxos IV*, 1959. Private Collection. Courtesy of Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: John Dean.

*Untitled*, 1950. Collection of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (NG.1978.031.002). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled Mountain Landscape*, 1946. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (998.023.005). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Playground Project)* [study for the Natural Rock Area], c.1969. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.396.E). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled—Rockies*, August 1940. Collection of Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (NG2002.002.000). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Untitled sketch for brochure, *M.Nicoll ’59*, c.1959. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary (78.2.3A-R), Sketchbook #3. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, 1948. Collection of the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, purchased with funds donated by Gulf Oil Canada Ltd., 1981 (81.17.2). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, 1948. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (80.10.1). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, 1948. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (82.27.1R). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, 1948. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (80.27.5RA-B). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, 1948. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (80.27.6RA-B). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, 1960. Collection of the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, purchased in 1982 with funds from the Miss Bowman Endowment (82.7). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, 1978. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.224). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, May 1948, Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.225.V&R). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, November 11, 1948. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (80.27.3V). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, November 14, 1949. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (80.27.1.R A-B). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled (Automatic Drawing)*, date unknown. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.214.V&R). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Untitled*, date unknown. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.392). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Utopia*, 1947. University of Regina President’s Art Collection, Saskatchewan, gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2017. © Glenbow Museum, Calgary. Photo credit: University of Regina.

*Waiting*, 1965. City of Calgary Public Art Collection, gift of the Estate of Marion Nicoll through the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, 1987 (990178). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Zoomorphic Figure*, 1957. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.155.271). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Credits for Photographs and Works by Other Artists

A.C. Leighton with students at Seebe Summer School, c.1933, photographer unknown. Courtesy of Leighton Art Centre, Alberta (2010.04.345).

*April 20, 1940 (The Blazing Infant)*, 1940, by Grace Pailthorpe. Collection of the Tate Gallery, London, purchased 2016 (T14514). © reserved.

Art Department instructor profile for Marion Nicoll at the Provincial Institute of Technology & Art, 1947–48. Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Marion and Jim Nicoll Fonds, file 59.

*Batik*, 1951, by Jock Macdonald. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, gift of Joyce and Fred Zemans, Toronto, 2008 (42514). Photo Credit: NGC.

*Big Raven*, 1931, by Emily Carr. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust (VAG 42.3.11). Photo credit: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery.

*Calgary Exhibition*, 1921. Courtesy of Calgary Exhibition & Stampede.

*Canmore Train Stop*, 1946, by James Stanford Perrott. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1982.022.002). © Estate of James Stanford Perrott.

*Colour Study—Squares with Concentric Circles*, 1913, by Wassily Kandinsky. Collection of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, Gabriele Münter Stiftung 1957 (GMS 446).

Cover of the catalogue for the *Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Canadian Painting*, 1965, designed by Gerhard Doerrié (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1965). Courtesy of Queen’s University Library, Kingston.

Cover of *The Crisis of Abstraction in Canada: The 1950s*, by Denise Leclerc and Marion H. Barclay (Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1992).

Cover of *Marion Nicoll: Art and Influences*, by Christopher Jackson (Calgary: Glenbow Museum and Art Gallery, 1986).

Cover of *Marion Nicoll: R.C.A.*, by J. Brooks Joyner (Calgary: Masters Gallery, 1979). Photo credit: Hodgins Art Auctions LTD.

Cover of *Marion Nicoll: Silence and Alchemy*, edited by Ann Davies and Elizabeth Herbert (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2013).

Cover of *Painting in Canada: A History*, by John Russell Harper (Toronto: University of Toronto Press and Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 1966).

Cover of the Provincial Institute of Technology & Art Art Department calendar, 1947–48. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Marion and Jim Nicoll Fonds, file 59.

*Dead Tree, Georgian Bay*, c.1926, by Arthur Lismer. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, gift of Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Dowsett (1969.21.1).

*Dragon Swallowing the Sun*, 1964, by ManWoman (Pat Kemball). Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1973.013.060). © Estate of ManWoman.

*Emily Carr in Her Studio*, 1939, by Harold Mortimer-Lamb. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, gift of Claudia Beck and Andrew Gruft (VAG 2014.55.1 b).

*Female Nude Seated, Backview*, date unknown, by John Alfsen. Collection of Seneca College, Toronto. Courtesy of Cowley Abbott Fine Art, Toronto. Photo credit: Cowley Abbott.

*Figure*, 1962, by Luke Lindoe. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1997.048.002). © Estate of Luke Lindoe.

*Fish Playground*, 1946, by Jock Macdonald. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (1973.013.002).

*The Gate*, 1959–60, by Hans Hofmann. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (62.1620). © 2018 Renate, Hans & Maria Hofmann Trust/Artist’s Rights Society (ARS), New York.

*Interior (Marion on Stairway)*, 1942, by Jim Nicoll. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1978.013.001). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

Jim and Marion Nicoll, date unknown, photographer unknown. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1982.003.008).

Jim and Marion Nicoll in Calgary, c.1943–44, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Marion and Jim Nicoll Fonds (PA 2435), file 4.

*Kanaka*, 1962, by Marcelle Ferron. Collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City, purchase (1971.74). © Œuvres Ferron / SOCAN (2022).

*Leeward of the Island (1.47)*, 1947, by Paul-Émile Borduas. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (6098). © Estate of Paul-Émile Borduas / SOCAN (2022). Photo credit: NGC.

*Lounge Exhibition*, Marion and Jim Nicoll, date unknown, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Marion Nicoll Artist’s File.

Marion Mackay on horseback, Bow Forest Reserve, date unknown, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary.

Marion Nicoll, date unknown, photographer unknown. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1982.003.007).

Marion Nicoll as a seventeen-year-old during her first year of education at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, 1926, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Marion and Jim Nicoll Fonds (PA 2435), file 4.

Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary. Courtesy of the Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary.

Marion Nicoll in her studio, c.1963, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Marion and Jim Nicoll Fonds (PA 2435), file 22.

Marion Nicoll sketching at Sunshine, Banff Summer Session, 1946, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary (PA 2435), file 9.

Marion Nicoll standing before *February 1967*, 1967, in 1969, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Marion Nicoll Artist’s File.

Marion Nicoll undertaking a batik demonstration with *Procession of Birds* (1956). Image published in *Calgary Albertan*, November 30, 1957, photographer unknown. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Ottawa, Marion Nicoll Artist’s File.

*Moskau II (Moscow II)*, 1916, by Wassily Kandinsky. Private Collection.

National Gallery, Ottawa, February 1900, photograph by Topley Studio. Collection of Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, purchase, 1936 (PA-028157). Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada / The Brechin Group Inc.

*No. 3/No. 13*, 1949, by Mark Rothko. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, bequest of Mrs. Mark Rothko through The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc (428.1981). © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

*Orange Bird*, 1946, by Jock Macdonald. Collection of The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, gift of M. Sharf, 1983 (1983MJ38).

Portrait of Jim Nicoll, c.1939–42, photographer unknown. Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary (CU1170663). Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

*Portrait of Marion*, 1935, by Jim Nicoll. Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton (1981.046.054).

Portrait of Marion Nicoll, date unknown, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Marion and Jim Nicoll Fonds (PA-2435).

Postcard of beach resort in La Paz, Mexico, c.1960. Courtesy of eBay.

Postcard of Calgary, Alberta, 1929. Courtesy of Internet Archive.

*Puddle I*, 1976, by Katie Ohe. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program and with the Glenbow Collection Endowment Fund, 1999 (998.039.001A-C). © Katie Ohe.

*Solitaire*, date unknown, by Jim Nicoll. Collection of the Glenbow Museum, Calgary (81.64.2R). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*Subconscious #3*, 1960, by Alex Janvier. Collection of the Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau (VI-D-170, IMG2016-0118-002). © Alex Janvier.

*Time Machine Series*, 1961, by Joyce Wieland. Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, gift from the McLean Foundation, 1966 (65/25). © National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

*The Three Chickens*, 1958–59, by Glen Alps. Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of Professor Emeritus Glen E. Alps and Ruby M. Alps (1993.39.6). © 1978, Glen E. Alps.

Untitled (Banff Summer Session), 1946, photographer unknown. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Marion and Jim Nicoll Fonds (PA 2435), file 9.

*View of Edmonton from the North Saskatchewan*, 1930, by A.C. Leighton. Collection of the Glenbow Archives, Calgary (63.26.13). © Glenbow Museum, Calgary.

*West Wind*, 1932, by Duncan Grant. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, given by Mrs. Graham Rawson (T.130-1972). © Estate of Duncan Grant.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Marion Nicoll : life & work / Catharine Mastin.
Names: Mastin, Catharine M., 1963- author. | Nicoll, Marion, 1909-1985. Works. Selections. | Art Canada Institute, issuing body.
Description: Issued also in French under title: Marion Nicoll : sa vie et son œuvre. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: Canadiana 20220472475 | ISBN 9781487103002 (PDF) | ISBN 9781487103019 (HTML)
Subjects: LCSH: Nicoll, Marion, 1909-1985. | LCSH: Nicoll, Marion, 1909-1985—Criticism and interpretation. | LCSH: Artists—Canada—Biography. | LCGFT: Biographies.
Classification: LCC ND249.N48 M38 2022 | DDC 759.11—dc23