Jo Manning
Jo Manning | |
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 Manning, holding brush, and OCA classmate Mary Ross c. 1947 | |
| Born | Joanne Elizabeth Manning December 10, 1923 Sidney, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | January 6, 2022 (aged 98) |
| Occupation(s) | Etcher, painter, author |
Joanne Elizabeth Manning (December 10, 1923 – January 6, 2022) was a Canadian etcher, painter and author.
Early life
Manning was born in
Later career
Manning taught in a mobile printmaking workshop between 1965 and 1970 for a community program of the Ontario Department of Education. She taught or ran workshops at
After many years of creating works in different media, culminating in watercolour and graphite grasses and black ink tree trunks as detailed as her early etchings, Manning turned to writing, to document both the early print world in Canada, and her own personal journey as a woman artist. Her first book, A Printmaker's Memoir: A Personal History of an Era, was published in 2009. Manning chronicles "the past seventy years of printmaking in Canada" through the eyes of a young woman trying to find her place in the Canadian art world as a skilled artist and printmaker. Manning's second book, Etched in Time, published in 2016, expanded on the role of women artists in Canada. Etched in Time is a far more personal book, sharing mysteries within her own family, as well as her passage through the art world during World War II, "marriage, betrayal, divorce, and her own artistic career as one of Canada's foremost printmakers."[6]
Personal life and death
Manning resided at an assisted living facility near Beacon Hill Park, in Victoria, British Columbia toward the end of her life. She died by euthanasia on January 6, 2022, at the age of 98.[7]
Exhibitions and reception
Manning's work has been included in many group shows in North America, Europe and Australia. She has held a number of solo exhibitions including:
- Pollack Gallery, Toronto (1965, 1968)
- Gallery Pascal, Toronto (1974, 1977, 1980)
- Mira Godard Gallery, Montreal (1976)
- Earlscourt Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario (1979)
- Gadatsky Gallery, Toronto (1984)
- Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec
Manning has won many awards including a gold medal at the 2nd Print Biennale (1970) in
References
Citations
- ^ Manning 2009.
- ^ a b c Manning 2014.
- ^ a b c d Heller & Heller 2013, p. 361.
- ^ a b Jo Manning, Westland Gallery.
- ^ Lacroix 2006.
- ^ Manning 2016.
- ^ Obee, Dave (January 8, 2022). "The art of dying: At 98, Jo Manning made her final choice". Times Colonist. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
Sources
- Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (December 19, 2013). "Manning, Jo (1923-)". North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- "Jo Manning Canadian Etching". Worthpoint. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- "Jo Manning". Westland Gallery. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- Lacroix, Laurier (February 8, 2006). "Artists' Organizations". the Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- Manning, Jo (2009). A Printmaker's Memoir: A Personal History of an Era. Penumbra Press. ISBN 978-1-897323-13-7.
- Manning, Jo (2016). Etched in Time. Friesen Press. ISBN 978-1-4602-7589-4.
- Manning, Jo (2014). "The Art of Jo Manning". Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
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