Folk Artist. Maud Lewis 1903 – 1970. She is a Number 1 Artist from Nova Scotia.
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We visited the a true-to-scale replica of Maud Lewis’ house, just outside Digby, Nova Scotia. We were so excited to learn more about the life of one of Nova Scotia’s most renowned artist.
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Maud suffered from multiple birth defects..shoulder sloped and her chin resting on her chest. But she remained resilient and enjoyed painting when she felt well. Maud’s paintings reflect the countryside. Lewis lived most of her life in poverty in a small house in Marshalltown NS .
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Between 1945 and 1950, people began to stop at Lewis’ Marshalltown home. They bought her paintings for two or three dollars each. She achieved national attention as a folk artist in 1964. In 1965, she was featured on CBC . Two of Lewis’ paintings were ordered by the White House, Washington in the 1970s.
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In the last year of her life, she painted as often as she could while traveling back and forth to the hospital. She died in Digby on July 30, 1970 from pneumonia. Her husband Everett was killed in 1979 by a burglar during an attempted robbery of the couple’s house.
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Lewis remains one of Canada’s best-known folk artists. Several books, plays and films have since been produced about her.
I just watched a news cast about someone buying a forgery of her work.
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Yes. We heard about that too. So ripped off with that forgery $5000.00
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I watched the movie about her a number of years ago, she was a fascinating person. I can’t believe how many times we have been to Nova Scotia and didn’t stop by her house!
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The first and only time I have been there..very interesting.
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Lovely! Glad to learn about her from your post.
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Very interesting ..saw a movie about her last night, on Amazon Prime -MAUDIE.
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wow, she was amazing.
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How amazing. It took a very short while to realise that I already knew about Maud. I saw a movie which was almost film noir. Simple art bought to life 🙂
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beautiful arts..
Yes, She is so creative..
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Her artwork was so beautiful.
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John said exactly what I was going to say. What a talented woman Maud was, but how sad that she had those birth defects. She seemed to not let it get her down though. Look at that talent!!! What an imagination she had.
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She was so creative and was such an incredible artist..made no money but after she died her art was sold by galleries for 8+ thousands of dollars.
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That’s so often the way.
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A beautiful lesson of hope when we may think that life is sometimes difficult!
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It was tough on her..but she lived in the moment and was an amazing artist.
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Thanks for this, Anita, I have never heard of her. Her art is so beautiful and how sad that her husband was killed by a hooligan. Evil people.
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She made no money before she died and now her paintings were sold for $12000.00 .Sad after she died and her husband was murdered.
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That’s terrible! So wrong. So who gets the money… The family I hope.
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No ..the brokers..so sad
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Oh that’s disgusting. 😢
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A great lady in her own way. Terrible, the way her husband lost his life !
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He was killed and no one who was the murderer.
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Beautiful art!!
Thank you.
Joanna
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She was such an amazing and resilient lady.
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