Mary E. Wrinch

Mary Evelyn Wrinch
Born1877 (1877)
Kirby-le-Soken, United Kingdom
Died1969 (aged 90–91)
Toronto, Canada
NationalityEnglish-born Canadian
Known forPainter, Graphic artist, teacher
Spouse
George Agnew Reid
(m. 1922)

Mary Evelyn Wrinch who signed her name M. E. Wrinch (1877–1969), was a Canadian artist who created miniature paintings, oil paintings, and block prints, sometimes inspired by the Northern Ontario landscape.[1][2] She pioneered the 'Canadian style', painting landscapes with bold colours of the Algoma, Muskoka and Lake Superior regions, in situ.[3] In her miniature paintings on ivory, she depicted her sitters with freshness and vitality. Her colour block prints are virtuoso examples of the medium.[2]

  1. ^ Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, Toronto: University of Toronto, 1970.
  2. ^ a b Murray, Joan (1969). Sparkling Water: Mary Wrinch and her Contemporaries. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario.
  3. ^ Heller, Jules and Nancy Heller. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Bibliographic Dictionary. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995.