Aileen H. Cowan
Aileen H. Cowan | |
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| Born | Helen Aileen Hooper Cowan June 11, 1926 Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 3, 2024 (aged 98) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto Queen's University at Kingston |
| Awards | Augusta Kopmanis Memorial Award (1980) |
Helen Aileen Hooper Cowan (June 11, 1926 – December 3, 2024) was a Canadian painter and sculptor.
Biography
[edit]Cowan was born in Windsor, Ontario, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto. She undertook graduate work both there and at Queen's University at Kingston. She exhibited widely both in Canada and abroad, both alone and in groups, and her work is represented in collections such as those of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and the University of Western Ontario. Her awards include the Augusta Kopmanis Memorial Award, which she received in 1980.[1] Cowan was a member of the Sculptors Society of Canada from 1986,[2] and served as the organization's president from 1983 until 1985.[3]
Cowan died at an assisted living facility in Toronto on December 3, 2024, at the age of 98.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
- ^ Hoar, Ian. "Member Details". imhMedia.net. Sculptors Society of Canada. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ^ Rosenthal, Henry Michael; Berson, Seemah Cathline (1988). The Canadian Jewish outlook anthology. New Star Books. ISBN 978-0-919573-68-0.
- ^ Morley Bedford Funeral Services (December 7–11, 2024). "Helen Aileen "Lee" Cowan". Legacy.com. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
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