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Reta Cowley (born Reta Madeline Summers; 1 April 1910 – 23 November 2004) was a Canadian painter. She is known for her watercolors of the prairie country around Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which capture the unique qualities of space and light. ==Life== Reta Madeline Summers was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, on 1 April 1910. She grew up near Truax and in Yorkton. She attended the Saskatoon Normal School and graduated with a teacher's certificate in 1930. During the Great Depression she taught in rural schools in Saskatchewan. From 1938 to 1946 she held a permanent teaching position in Yorkton. In 1937 Reta attended the Emma Lake Artist's Workshops of the University of Saskatchewan. They had been founded in 1936 by Augustus Kenderdine. She returned to the Emma Lake school in 1938, 1939 and 1940. Gordon Snelgrove taught her art history, and Kenderdine taught her to paint in the Barbizon school's tradition of painting nature directly, ''en plein air''. Reta studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts in the summers of 1941–44, where Walter J. Phillips taught her watercolor techniques. Reta married Fred Cowley in 1945, adopting his surname. She no longer had to teach, and moved with him to Saskatoon. There she took night classes at the University of Saskatoon under Eli Bornstein and Nicolas Bjelajac. In the early 1950s Reta Cowley taught at the Emma Lake Summer School. She was a participant in the workshop of 1963. In 1966 she was awarded a BA from the University of Saskatchewan. She taught sessions at the university until 1972, and taught public school until 1975, when she retired and devoted herself to painting. Reta Cowley died on 23 November 2004 at the age of 94. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reta Cowley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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