biography of Doris Jean MCCARTHY (1910-2010)

Birth place: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Addresses: Scarborough, Ontario

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: Ont. Col. Art, assoc., 1930; Cent. Sch. Arts & Crafts, London, Eng., with John Farleigh & John Skeaping.

Exhibited: Ont. Soc. Artists Ann., 1933-; Royal Can. Acad. Ann., 1934-; Canadian Women Artists, Riverside Mus., NYC, 1947; Can. Nat. Exhib., 1948; Ont. Centennial Art Exhib., 1967.

Member: Assoc. Royal Can. Acad.; Ont. Soc. Artists (exec. v. pres., 1964-65, pres., 1965-68); Can. Soc. Painters in Watercolor (secy. & pres., 1956-57); Fedn. Can. Artists (secy.); Prof. Artists Can. (chmn., 1967-69).

Work: Art Gal. Ont., Toronto; London Art Gal., Ont.; Imp. Oil Coll.; Seneca Col., Willowdale, Ont.; Pickering Col., Newmarket, Ont. Commissions: mural, Toronto Pub. Libr., 1933; mem. bk., Malvern, Col., Toronto, 1948; creche figures, Church of St. Aldan, Toronto, 1948; fabric banner Trinity, St. James Cathedral, Toronto, 1955.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Teaching: instr. drawing, painting & hist. art, Central Tech. Sch. Toronto, 1933-, asst. hd., mus. study, 1968-72.