Doris McCarthy

Doris McCarthy studied at University of Toronto, OCAD University and Malvern Collegiate Institute. The recorded working language is English. Work by Doris McCarthy is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Toronto District School Board, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Carleton University Art Gallery and Museum London. Distinctions recorded are Member of the Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto and Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

• Name — Doris McCarthy • Birth Name — Doris Jean McCarthy • Born — 7 July 1910 • Birthplace — Calgary, Alberta, Canada • Died — 25 November 2010 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — Painter, teacher • Education — University of Toronto (BA)

Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926 to 1930, where she was awarded various scholarships and prizes. She became a teacher shortly thereafter and taught at Central Technical School in downtown Toronto from 1933 until she retired in 1972. She spent most of her life living and working in Scarborough (now a Toronto district), Ontario, though she travelled abroad extensively and painted the landscapes of various countries, influenced by Lawren Harris's simplification of form. The countries she visited included: Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Japan, India, England, and Ireland. McCarthy was nonetheless probably best known for her Canadian landscapes and her depictions of Arctic icebergs she began visiting the Arctic in 1972. In 1989, she graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in English after studying on its Scarborough campus. McCarthy's work has been exhibited and collected extensively in Canada and abroad, in both public and private art galleries including: the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Doris McCarthy Gallery at the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto with over 200 of her works, and Wynick/Tuck Gallery. In 2004, she had a gallery named in her honour at the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto. Doris McCarthy trail runs alongside Bellamy Ravine, connecting Bellehaven Crescent to Lake Ontario.