Marilla Adams

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Marilla Adams
Born1864 (1864)
Zorra,
Textiles, Wood carving

Marilla Adams (1864 – November 2, 1966) was a Canadian artist.

Biography

Adams was born in 1864 in

Art Association of Montreal.[1]

Adams taught for a time at

Montréal, Quebec, where she taught weaving and wood carving to wounded soldiers.[1] In January 1926, she reviewed the work of charitable organizations in the city, and spoke on behalf of the ones she felt did the most to "alleviate handicaps of the underprivileged".[3]

She died in Montréal on November 2, 1966.[4]

Three attentive women in an artists studio, one painting on a canvas as the others observe
Adams (center) in Three Artists by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, c. 1883, which depicts three of Bell-Smith's students at Alma College.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Adams, Marilla". Artist Database. Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Reaney, James Stewart (August 28, 2013). "My London: An exhibit marking Alma College's contribution to the arts runs Sept. 9 to Dec. 20 | The London Free Press". The London Free Press. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  3. Montreal Gazette. January 11, 1926. Archived
    from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Adams, Marilla". Artists in Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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