Anne Savage

Canadian, 1897 - 1971

Active LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada

BiographyBetween 1914 and 1915, Savage studied art at the Art Association of Montreal under several instructors including William Brymner (1855-1925). After the end of the War, Anne Savage went to Minneapolis where she studied design at the Minneapolis School of Art. On her return to Montreal, she took a job as an art teacher a high school where she would remain for another 26 years. In addition, she taught art courses to children, promoting their early exposure to the field and years later was able to see the formation of the Child Art Council in Quebec.
In 1921, she joined the Beaver Hall Hill Group, painters closely allied to the Group of Seven whose member A. Y. Jackson, would become Savage's lifelong close friend. After spending some time at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto with the painter Arthur Lismer, Savage traveled to Europe where some of her works were exhibited. In 1933 she was one of the founding members of the Canadian Group of Painters and in 1949 and 1960 would serve as its president. She spent time in BC and did sketches of native villages on the northwest coast.

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