Alma Mary Duncan

Place: Paris

Born: 1917

Death: 2004

Biography:

Alma Mary Duncan was a Canadian painter, graphic artist, and filmmaker from Paris, Ontario. Born on October 2, 1917, she passed away on December 15, 2004. A prolific artist working in various mediums including charcoal, chalk pastel, ink, watercolour, oil paint, puppetry, and film, Duncan's style evolved drastically over the course of her career to include portraiture, precise representational drawings, machine aesthetic, and abstraction.

Early Life and Education

Duncan was largely self-taught as an artist, but she studied with Canadian painter Adam Sheriff Scott as a teenager. She also took life-drawing and portraiture courses with Ernst Neumann at the Roberts-Neumann School of Art and with Goodridge Roberts at the Art Association of Montreal. During this period, Duncan exhibited her artwork regularly at the spring exhibitions at the Art Association of Montreal.

War Work and Film Career

In 1943, Duncan obtained permission to document the lives of war workers and the members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps with her sketches. Several of these pieces are now held by the Canadian War Museum in its Beaverbrook Collection of War Art. She worked at the National Film Board of Canada, designing posters, publications, and travelling displays for National Film Board projects. Duncan produced her first film, Folksong Fantasy, while under contract with the NFB as an independent producer.

Notable Works and Style

Duncan's style evolved to include abstraction, with her Woman Series deconstructing the female figure through circular forms. Her work can be found on Wikioo.org, which offers high-quality handmade oil paintings reproductions and prints on canvas of famous artwork, including Duncan's pieces. For more information about Alma Mary Duncan, visit her page on Wikipedia. Key aspects of Duncan's career:

• Experimented with various mediums and techniques
• Evolved from representational to abstract art
• Produced films using puppetry and stop-motion animation
• Exhibited work at the Art Association of Montreal and other institutions

Duncan's legacy can be seen in her contributions to Canadian art and film, and her work continues to inspire artists today. Visit Wikioo.org to explore more of her artwork and learn about other notable artists.