Marilla Adams

Marilla Adams (1864 – November 2, 1966) was a Canadian artist.

Marilla Adams
Born1864 (1864)
Zorra, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 2, 1966(1966-11-02) (aged 101–102)
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
EducationAlma College, Ontario School of Art, School of Design, New York, Art Association of Montreal
Known forTextiles, Wood carving

Biography

Adams was born in 1864 in Zorra, Ontario.[1] She attended Alma College, a women's college in St. Thomas, Ontario. There she studied under Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith along with Cornelia Saleno and Eva Brook Donly.[2] Adams continued her education at the Ontario School of Art, the School of Design in New York, and the Art Association of Montreal.[1]

Adams taught for a time at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, before traveling to Europe. Around the beginning of World War I, she returned to Canada. She settled in Montréal, Quebec, where she taught weaving and wood carving to wounded soldiers.[1] In January 1926, she reviewed the work of charitable organizations in the city, and spoke on behalf of the ones she felt did the most to "alleviate handicaps of the underprivileged".[3]

She died in Montréal on November 2, 1966.[4]

Adams (center) in Three Artists by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, c. 1883, which depicts three of Bell-Smith's students at Alma College.[2]

References
  1. "Adams, Marilla". Artist Database. Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. Reaney, James Stewart (28 August 2013). "My London: An exhibit marking Alma College's contribution to the arts runs Sept. 9 to Dec. 20 | The London Free Press". The London Free Press. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. "Gave Address on Underprivileged". Montreal Gazette. January 11, 1926. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "Adams, Marilla". Artists in Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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