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Annie E. Duff (5 February 1873 - 7 May 1955)

Duff is known for her paintings that are held by the National Gallery of Canada. Her lifeworks depict rural life in Ontario and include scenic landscapes, hunting, camping, farming, recreation, flora, wildlife, and domesticated animals in paintings and photographs. As a pioneer Canadian artist, Duff was the first Canadian female to paint maternity in Woman by the Sea.

Boy in a Hayfield, Date Unknown, McNeely Private Collection (Destroyed in a Fire)

Girl on the Stairs with Kittens, Date Unknown, Helen Williamson Private Collection Most of Duff’s works remain in private collections and the majority of her paintings and photographs captured rural life in Ontario at the turn of the 20th century. She used charcoal for her sketches and her mature work was oil on canvas and oil on board. Autumn Sports, 1902

Taking Milk to the Cheese Factory, Date Unknown [edit] Recognition In 1976, the National Gallery of Canada purchased Duff’s Temptation, Sin, and it’s Antidote (Adam and Eve) and Woman by the Sea to add to its Canadian collection. [edit] References •	City of Ottawa Archives •	National Gallery of Canada •	National Archives of Canada [edit] Further Reading •	Brown, Howard Morton (phone the library in Carelton Place), The Duffs of Bankfoot and Beckwith, Publisher? •	Duff of Orena Villa, http://www.duffoforenavilla.com/ •	Lockwood, Glenn J. (1991), Irish and Scottish Identities of Beckwith in a Canadian Community, University of Calgary: Calgary •	Tippett, Maria (1992), By A Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women, Viking Press: Toronto