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{{Infobox artist
| name = Nina May Owens
| image = Photo of Nina May Owens.jpg
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| birth_name = Nina May Pickel
| birth_date = {{birth date|1869|6|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Bolton Centre, Quebec, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1959|6|28|1869|6|16|mf=y}}
| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| nationality = Canadian
| education = Waterloo Academy & Art Association of Montreal
| field = Painting
| training =
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| spouse = {{marriage|Owen Ernest Owens|1891|1910}}
}}Nina May Owens (June 16, 1869 – 28 June 1959[1]) was a Canadian teacher and painter.[1] She challenged Victorian norms by continuing to paint after she married.[2]

Biography

Nina May Pickel, was born in Bolton Centre, Quebec[3], on June 16, 1869.[2] She trained to become a teacher at Waterloo Academy. In 1889 she went on to work as a practice teacher Danville, Quebec. She transferred to Montebello in 1890 to continue her work as a practice teacher.[2]

That same year she met Owen Ernest Owens, whom she married in 1891. They had two children before Owens' death from pneumonia in 1910.[2]

Nina was financially able to discontinue teaching and continue her painting pursuits. She attended the Art Association of Montreal from 1909 to 1920. Among her classmates were artists from the Beaver Hall Group.[2] In 1918 Owens exhibited at the Royal Canadian Art exhibition and she exhibited regularly at Art Association of Montreal from 1910 to 1927.[1] She attended Albert Lalibert's Modelling Class at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montreal winning 3rd prize in his Advanced Class.

Owens traveled to Europe in 1925 and in 1936 to 1937[2] she spent 11 months in Great Britain sketching and painting the countryside.

Owens died in Montreal[3] on 28 June 1959.[2]

The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Sherbrooke held a retrospective exhibition of her works in 1992.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Owens, Nina May|url=http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=246|website=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative|accessdate=23 November 2017}}
2. ^{{cite journal|last1=Tarasoff|first1=Lesley|title=Nina May (Pickel) Owens, 1869–1959: English Quebec’s Early “Independent” Woman/Artist|journal=Journal of Eastern Townships Studies|date=2008|volume=32/33|url=http://www.etrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/JETS_32-33-9-Tarasoff.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web |title=Artist/Maker name "Owens, Nina May" |url=https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=12472 |website=Artists in Canada |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |accessdate=20 September 2018 |language=en}}
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