Wynona Mulcaster (1915 - 2016)

Wynona (Nonie) Mulcaster was born 1915 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. She passed away August 25, 2016, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she had resided since the late 1970s. She played an integral role in the history of art and art education in Saskatchewan, being instrumental at several key points in the development of the art scene in the province since the 1930s. Her studies with Ernest Lindner (1935-1945) and her early teaching experiences throughout the province impressed upon her the importance of art education for all ages. In addition to her education degrees, she obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon in 1942 and later earned a Master of Fine Arts at Institute Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 1976. During the late 1930s, she was involved in establishing what was to become the Emma Lake Artists Workshop in Northern Saskatchewan. In the mid 1940s, she studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts and from 1964 to 1977 she taught painting at the University of Saskatchewan. Her influence on several generations of painters was immense and is still felt today. Her work has been exhibited widely across Canada and can be found in many private and public collections.

Curriculum Vitae

1915 Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
1943 B.A., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
1946 Banff School of Fine Arts
1966-1971 Taught at the Art Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
1937-1993 Attended numerous Emma Lake Artist's Workshops
Resides in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
  
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1954 Saskatoon Art Centre
1959 Saskatoon Art Centre
1962 Saskatoon Art Centre
1965 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
1970 Saskatoon Public Library Gallery
1974 Osman Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1974 Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon
1977 The Millard Gallery, Saskatoon
1978 Gallery One, Toronto
1979 Assiniboia Gallery, Regina
1980 Gallery One Studio, Saskatoon
1981 Gallery One, Toronto
1982 Gallery One Studio, Saskatoon
1983 Gallery One, Toronto
1983 Galerie Elca London, Montreal
1983 Gallery One Studio, Saskatoon
1983/85 "Wynona Mulcaster: A Survey 1973-1982", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon (catalogue), travelling to: Moose Jaw Art Museum, Moose Jaw; University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Edmonton Art Gallery
1984 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
1985 Gallery One, Toronto
1986 Art Placement, Saskatoon
1987 Gallery One, Toronto
1988 Assiniboia Gallery, Regina
1989 Galerie Elca London, Montreal
1990 Gallery One, Toronto
1991 Art Placement, Saskatoon
1992 Assinboia Gallery, Regina
1993 Art Placement, Saskatoon
1994 Art Placement, Saskatoon
1995 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
1996 Costin & Klintworth, Toronto
2007 Art Placement, Saskatoon
2015 "Breaking Space", The Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1950 "Saskatchewan Art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1950 "Second Annual Saskatchewan Art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1951 "Third Annual Saskatchewan art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1952 "Fourth Annual Saskatchewan Art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1953 "Sixth Annual Saskatchewan Art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1954 "Seventh Annual Saskatchewan Art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1955 "Eighth Annual Saskatchewan Art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1956 "Third Winnipeg Show", Winnipeg Art Gallery
1960 "Eleventh Annual Saskatchewan Art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1961 "Twelfth Annual Saskatchewan Art Exhibition", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1964 "Fifteenth Annual Juried Exhibition of Saskatchewan Art", Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina
1967 "Painting in Saskatchewan, 1883-1959", Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
1968 "Saskatoon - Thirteen Artists", Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
1971 "Saskatchewan: Art and Artists", Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
1972 "Prairie Landscapes", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
1973 "Swift Current 74", Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan
1974 "Major Saskatchewan artists", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
1975 "Saskatoon women Artists", Mendel Art Gallery Saskatoon
1976 "Recent Works by Reta Cowley, Dorothy Knowles, Wvnona Mulcaster" Gallery One Studio, Saskatoon
1979 "Dorothy Knowles & Wynona Mulcaster", Gallery on the Roof, Saskatchewan Power Corporation, Regina
1990 "Canadian Landscapes", Gallery One, Toronto
1991 "Artlotto", Glenbow Museum, Calgary
1997 "Gallery Artists", Costin & Klintworth, Toronto

COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Edmonton Art Gallery
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Arts Board
SaskTel, Regina
Regina Shell Canada, Calgary
Kraft General Foods, Toronto
Sun Life of Canada, Toronto
Teleglobe Canada, Montreal
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Swanson, Jean "Wynona Mulcaster's One-Man Show", Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, March 25, 1954, p. 3
Swanson, Jean "Greater Understanding of Past, Firmer Confidence in Future Brought Back from Europe by Wynona Mulcaster", Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 19, 1959
Hudson, Andrew "Personal Feelings Expressed in Art Show Coming to P.A.". Prince Albert Daily Herald, September 27, 1962, p. 3
Greenberg, Clement, "Clement Greenberg's View of Art on the prairies", Canadian Art, 20, March/April 1963, pp. 90-107
Hudson, Andrew, "Some Saskatchewan Painters", Art International, 8th May 1964, pp. 2729
Wright, Percy H. "A Review: Mulcaster One-Man Show", Saskatoon, Star-Phoenix, March 30, 1965
Hudson, Andrew "The Painting as Object",' Canadian Art, 22, March/April 1965, pp. 30-39
MacDonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Vol:4, Little-Myles, Ottawa, 1974
Russell, Nancy, "Nonie Mulcaster views Mexico through her Art", Saskatoon, Star-Phoenix, October 4, 1974, p. 27
Mulcaster, Wvnona, "Paintings and Prints by Nonie Mulcaster", Where It’s At, Saskatoon), October 4, 1974, p. 16
Russell, Nancy, "Where It's Art", Saskatoon, Star Phoenix, May 13, 1977, p. 24
Carpenter, Ken, "Saskatchewan: Wynona Mulcaster", artmagazine, 10, September/October 1978, pp. 17-19
Purdie, James, "Mulcaster Rejoices in Sky and Earth",' The Globe and Mail, (Toronto), October 14, 1978, p. 37
Russell, Nancy, "Artist Derives Quality from Quantity", Saskatoon, Star-Phoenix, March 29, 1980, p. 13
Burnett, David & Schiff, Marilyn, Contemporary Canadian Art, Hurtig Publishers, 1983
Hume, Christopher, "An unabashed romantic in love with the flat lands", Toronto Star, September 24, 1983, p. F7
Enright, Robert, "Wynona Mulcaster: A Survey 1973-1982", Mendel Art Gallery Saskatoon, exhibition catalogue, 1983
Robertson, Sheila, "Show tribute to 50 years of painting by Mulcaster", Saskatoon Star Phoenix, October 1, 1983, p. F10