Pegi Nicol MacLeod, (17 January 1904 - 12 February 1949), [1] was a Canadian painter whose modernist self-portraits, figure studies, paintings of children, still lifes and landscapes are characterized by a fluidity of form and vibrant colour. Born Margaret Kathleen Nichol, she was a teacher, war artist and arts activist. Pegi Nicol MacLeod née Margaret Kathleen Nicol, painter (b at Listowel, Ont 4 Jan 1904; d at NY 12 Feb 1949). MacLeod's images of the contemporary world helped form the first wave of Canadian modernism. Her gift lay in her ability to present life's spontaneity and energy.
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Pegi Nicol MacLeod "I try to turn my weird street into something rich and strange." (Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1945) Pegi Nicol MacLeod's watercolours and oil paintings are fireworks of curving lines and dynamic colour. Pegi Nicol MacLeod was a unique figure in the history of Canadian art. Working in Ottawa, Toronto, New York City, and Fredericton in the 1930s and 1940s, this talented artist produced watercolour and oil paintings that depicted her family and surroundings in a dynamic modernist style. Paintings (119) Works on paper (50) Prints and multiples (1) Sculpture (1) Pegi Nicol MacLeod (171 results) Recently Added View Pegi Nicol MacLeod's 171 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Portrait in the Evening, a bold exercise in colour and pose, is an informal portrait of National Gallery of Canada director Eric Brown by Pegi Nicol, better known by her married name of Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904-1949), whose "vivid personality" was remarked upon by art critic Graham McInnes.
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In a 1947 letter to Jack Humphrey, Pegi Nicol McLeod wrote: "Art should be freedom; its essence is freedom. Rules, laws, controls, standards—these words smell of the academy." Art wasn't the only enterprise Pegi insisted should be free—a commitment to freedom permeated her attitude to life. Nicol MacLeod was critically and financially rewarded for 'Sevenesque' paintings such as The Log Run (1930), which won her the Willingdon Arts Prize in 1931, but the onset of the Depression radicalized her politics and her art. Her subject matter became urban life and human beings - including nudes. Pegi Nicol MacLeod, was a Canadian painter whose modernist self-portraits, figure studies, paintings of children, still lifes and landscapes are characterized by a fluidity of form and vibrant. Pegi Nicol MacLeod, ,[1] was a Canadian painter whose modernist self-portraits, figure studies, paintings of children, still lifes and landscapes are characterized by a fluidity of form and vibrant colour. Born Margaret Kathleen Nichol, she was a teacher, war artist and arts activist.
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Pegi by Herself: The Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Canadian Artist on JSTOR Journals and books Journals and books LAURA BRANDON Copyright Date: 2005 Published by: McGill-Queen's University Press Pages: 276 https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.cttq46wt Select all (For EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley) (For BibTex) Front Matter (pp. i-iv) Front Matter (pp. i-iv) Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 17 January 1904-12 February 1949, was a Canadian painter whose modernist self-portraits, figure studies, paintings of children, still lifes and landscapes are characterized by a fluidity of form and vibrant colour. Born Margaret Kathleen Nichol, she was a teacher, war artist and arts activist.
MacLeod's unique style was a significant contribution to the modernist movement in Canada. March 8, 2019 Fredericton, New Brunswick Parks Canada Agency. A talented and successful Canadian painter, Pegi Nicol MacLeod was a unique figure of Canadian art during the 1930s and 1940s. Pegi Nicol MacLeod was among Canada's most prominent artists during the second quarter of the twentieth century. In her short lifetime she showed her paintings extensively across the country, alongside the likes of A.Y. Jackson and the rest of the Group of Seven.
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PEGI NICOL MACLEOD. Madge Smith, Pegi Nicol MacLeod at the Observatory Art Centre, University of New Brunswick, 1945. Madge Smith fonds, Library and Archives, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Born in 1904 in Listowel, Ontario, Pegi Nicol MacLeod moved with her family at the age of four to Ottawa. In 1921 she studied painting under Franklin. Pegi Nicol Macleod was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. Her early works were influenced by the Group of Seven, however, by the mid- 1930's Pegi Nicol began to paint a more expressive style. Pegi described her style as "kaleidoscope visions".
