{{Short description|Canadian artist (1933–2023)}} {{Infobox artist |name = Lorna Russell |image = |alt = |caption = |birth_name = Lorna Muriel Russell |birth_date = {{birth date|1933|10|04}} |birth_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|01|19|1933|10|04}} |death_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |nationality = |movement = |awards = |patrons = |imagesize = |ethnicity = |field = watercolourist, painter in gouache and oil, printmaker |training = University of Saskatchewan |works = }}
'''Lorna Muriel Russell''' (October 4, 1933 – January 19, 2023) was a Canadian artist, known for her distinctive prairie landscapes in watercolor, guache, and oil that interpret her home province of Saskatchewan.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|editor1-last=Newman|editor1-first=Marketa|title=Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists|date=1990|publisher=Fifth House Publishers|location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan|isbn=0-920079-66-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_u2z2/page/217 217–220]|language=English|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000unse_u2z2/page/217}}</ref>
== Life and career == Lorna Russell Russell was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and attended the University of Saskatchewan where she received a Bachelor of Science in 1956.<ref name=":0" /> In 1968 she received her Professional "A" Teaching Certificate from the University of Saskatchewan.<ref name=":0" /> She has participated in solo and group exhibitions. In 1981, she had a retrospective at the Shoestring Gallery.<ref>A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada</ref> In 1983, her drawings from 1980 to 1983 were exhibited at the Mendel Art Gallery.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lorna Russell |publisher=World Catalogue |oclc=501093219 }}</ref> Her work is represented in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa), MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina), Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), Moose Jaw Art Museum and National Exhibition Centre, Kamloops Public Art Gallery, and the Saskatchewan Arts Board, as well as elsewhere.<ref name="sask ">{{cite web |title=Lorna Russell |url=http://www.sknac.ca/index.php?page=ArtistDetail&id=391 |website=www.sknac.ca |publisher=Saskatchewan NAC |access-date=19 May 2022}}</ref>
Russell taught art education in public, elementary and high school in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 1968 to 1970. Starting in 1968 (to 1972) she also worked as an art consultant for the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation and Saskatchewan Society for Education Through Art. In 1971, Russell, along with Dorothy Boerma, Ann Newdigate, Jo Claire, and Betty Meyers, founded the Shoestring gallery which has since changed its name to A.K.A. gallery.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://akaartistrun.com/about/|title=About|website=akaartistrun.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-16}}</ref> She worked as education officer with the Mendel Art Gallery from 1972 to 1976 and in 1976 she worked as an art instructor at the Muenster Art Program. After retiring from teaching, Russell continued to be involved with Saskatoon's art community, and in 2002, she returned to the University of Saskatchewan campus to lead a watercolour class through the university's Extension Division's Community Arts Program.<ref name="sask " />
Russell lived in Saskatoon, where she died on January 19, 2023, at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lorna Russell (1933–2023) |url=https://www.gallerieswest.ca/news/lorna-russell-1933-2023/ |access-date=21 December 2024 |publisher=Galleries West |date=2 February 2023}}</ref>
== Connections == Russell and her garden in Saskatoon were photographed by close friend and artist Honor Elizabeth Kever in Kever's photograph "Garden, 1989".<ref>{{cite book |title=Honor Kever: stations along the way |last1= Crozier |first1= Lorna |last2= Greenville |first2= Bruce |year= 1989 |oclc= 24671922 |publisher= Mendel Art Gallery |location= Saskatoon, Canada }}</ref>
== References == <references />
== External links == * [http://www.artplacement.com/gallery/artists_results_byartist.php?lastname=Russell ''Art Placement''] * [http://akaartistrun.com/about/ ''AKA Artist Run''] * Moppett, G., & Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon). (1983). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/501093219 Lorna Russell: Drawings 1980-1983.]
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