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Fannie Knowling McNeil
Frances "Fannie" Knowling McNeil (14 March 1869 – 23 February 1928) was a suffragist and artist from the Dominion of Newfoundland. Life McNeil was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her parents, George and Elizabeth (Upham) Knowling, had both been born in Devon in England and were supporters of women's rights. She was partially educated in England where she likely received her art education. Her parents were affluent and financially comfortable and in time her father would be on the legislative council. She was a prominent social activist for not only women's rights but also child welfare, literacy, and other issues. McNeil became a leading member of Newfoundland's Women’s Franchise League, which formed in 1920 to advocate for women’s suffrage. McNeil served as the League’s secretary and her home became its headquarters. Her many public talks and letters to the editor made McNeil one of the most well-known suffragists in the dominion. In 1925, the Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. In art, the term ''painting ''describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials, including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, and even whole objects. Painting is an important form in the visual arts, bringing in elements such as drawing, composition, gesture (as in gestural painting), narration (as in narrative art), and abstraction (as in abstract art). Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in still life and landscape painting), photographic, abstract, nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
