Biografie von Lynn E SISSONS (1898-1985)

Birth place: Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

Addresses: Manitoba, Canada

Profession: Painter

Studied: Winnipeg School Art, 1920; Univ. Manitoba School Art.

Exhibited: Winnipeg Sketch Club Ann., 1921-; Manitoba Soc. Artists in Winnipeg & traveling Shows, 1929-; 50th Anniversary Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1963 (solo); One Hundred & Fifty Years of Art in Manitoba, Legis Bldg., 1970; Simpson Co-Toronto Art Gallery. Awards: George Wilson first prize for best sketch in Manitoba, 1927; first prize & hon. mention, Manitoba Soc. Artists Ann., 1967; prize for best painting for sch., Investors Group

Member: Manitoba Soc. Artist (all offices, 1929-68); Winnipeg Sketch Club (all offices, 1920-72); Poetry Soc. Winnipeg (board member & treasurer, 1960-70); Manitoba Theatre Soc. (working member, 1923-40).

Work: Winnipeg Art Gallery; Canadian Dent. Soc., Toronto, Ontario; Manitoba Hist. Soc.; Medicine Hat Alta Gallery; Manitoba Schools Library Art. Commissions: reproductions of old forts of Winnipeg, Hist. Mus.

Comments: Preferred media: watercolors. Publications: many articles written & published in Free Press & Winnipeg Tribune.