Mary Harris Filer

Canadian (1920 - 1996)
Mary Harris Filer was a Canadian artist.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a glass art work attributed to Mary Harris Filer (1920-1996) was C$590 - paid for "Venus Observed" at Maynards in Vancouver on Wed, Jul 10, 2019.
ArtValue.ca has 9 auction art sale records for their glass art results, with prices in the range of C$25 to C$1,000.

Untitled - Pheasant
oil on canvas board
Dimensions - 59.69 cms x 74.93 cms (23.5 ins x 29.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Saskatchewan NAC Auction House, Regina
Lot# 52
Sat, May 30, 2015

Estimate $400 - $600
(Not sold)

Saskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and Notes

Mary Filer was born in 1920 in Edmonton, Alberta. She lived in Regina, Saskstchewan as a young woman, studying at Balfour Technical School in Regina, Saskatchewan with accomplished Saskatchewan artist Garnet Hazard (1939-1941) before going on to study nursing at Regina General Hospital (1941-1944). In 1944 Filer moved to Montreal to study at McGill University's Neurological Institute (1944-1946). While in Montreal, Filer studied with Arthur Lismer at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' School of Art and Design (1944-1946) and later with John Lyman at McGill University (1948-1950), where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Filer taught at McGill until 1952, when she went to Pennsylvania State University to earn a Master of Education degree, studying with Viktor Lowenfeld and Sybil Emerson.

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