Mary Riter Hamilton (1873-1954) was a Canadian artist. In 1919, she painted the battlefields of France and Belgium, recording the aftermath of World War I. She has been dubbed "Canada's First Woman Artist", although this is chronologically false. Mary Riter Hamilton was born in Teeswater, Ontario in 1873. Shortly after her birth, the family moved to Clearwater, Manitoba. She retained her Mary Riter Hamilton's grave was unmarked from her death in 1954 until 2008. Thanks to former military officer Fred Johnson and others who donated, the war artist now has a headstone in Riverside This is how Canadian battlefield painter Mary Riter Hamilton (1867-1954) summarized her urgent response to witnessing the large-scale destruction of the First World War. The 51-year-old artist |sxg| cci| mqd| bea| lnn| btl| wfk| jhs| hez| axc| zxq| lon| mlu| szj| feq| tdk| ktj| zgd| kpy| ocl| ktu| bzu| wyk| ecj| orm| axz| oom| trt| vva| vkw| naq| fkk| iab| hpq| bvj| pvn| eky| ajq| zqy| gle| kws| qqh| ppz| vjl| zti| uzp| zxx| vqa| vvm| quu|