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Mary E Wrinch (1878-1869) was a Canadian artist who painted miniatures, large oil, and linoleums inspired by Northern Ontario landscapes. She pioneered the ‘Canadian style,’ painting wild landscapes with bold colours of the Muskoka, Algoma, and Lake Superior regions, painting them in situ.

Wrinch, also known as Mary Wrinch Reid, was born in Kirby-le-Soken, Essex in the United Kingdom. When she was 8 years old, her family immigrated to Toronto. She attended Bishop Strachan School, a private boarding school for girls. From 1879-1893, Wrinch attended the Central Ontario School of Art (now known as OCAD) where she studied both printmaking and painting. Wrinch was the Art Director of BSS from 1901-1936.

An active member of the Toronto art scene, she was elected to many notable groups, such as, the Ontario Society of Arts, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Canadian Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers, and Royal Academy of Arts.

In 1922, Wrinch married George Agnew Reid, a Toronto based mural painter and architect to whom she also closely worked under at the Central Ontario School of Art. Wrinch and her husband lived in the arts and crafts community, Wychwood Park. Reid designed their house, Upland Cottage, where Wrinch lived until her death in 1969 at age 90.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Barry, Virginia G., Taming the Frontier: Art and Women in the Canadian West 1880-1920. (Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery), 2005

Catharine Mastin, Mary E. Wrinch and the AGW Collection, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, 2012.

Harper, J. Russell, Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press), 1970 Kritzwiser, Kay. “Mary Wrinch Remains a Rebel at 90.” The Globe and Mail, October 15, 1966. Accessed February 28, 2018. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1313725942?accountid=6180 Miller, Muriel, Famous Canadian Artists, (Salt Lake City: Woodland Publishing), 1983.