Helen galloway mcnicoll biography of abraham

Helen Galloway McNicoll (1879-1915) was a Canadian impressionist painter. She was one of the most notable female artists in Canada in the early twentieth century and achieved considerable internal success during her decade-long career.

She played an important role in popularizing Impressionism in Canada at a time when it was still relatively unknown.

McNicoll was born in Toronto to an affluent family.

Her parents were David McNicoll and Emily Pashley.

McNicoll became deaf in early childhood due to scarlet fever, and as a result, focused her energies on playing the piano and developing a keenly observant eye.

As a young woman, she attended the Art Association of Montreal, beginning her studies under William Brymner in 1899.

In 1902, she moved to England to study in London at the Slade School under Philip Wilson Steer.

At the Slade, students were encouraged to paint en plein air.

Later, McNicoll studied in St Ives, Cornwall with Algernon Talmage, where she met Dorothea