Nan Lawson Cheney

Nan Lawson Cheney (1897–1985) was a Canadian painter and medical artist.

Cheney was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia.[1] She studied at Boston School of Fine Arts and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.[2] She studied medical illustration at Johns Hopkins University, and worked as a medical artist at McGill University.[2][3] In 1924, she married Hill Cheney.[2] In 1937, the couple moved to Vancouver, and Nan Cheney became the University of British Columbia's first medical artist.[2] She held this position until 1962.[2]

Cheney worked with Group of Seven members Lawren Harris and Jock Macdonald, accompanying them on sketching trips.[2] She also worked closely with her friend Emily Carr.[2]

Cheney died in Vancouver in 1985.[1]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada (which holds Cheney's portrait of Carr)[1] and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.[4]

References
  1. "Nan Lawson Cheney". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  2. "B.C.'s first medical artist dies at 88". The Vancouver Sun. 1985-11-07. p. 45. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  3. Hassard, Kathy (1961-11-30). "Her work portraits 'perfection of body'". The Vancouver Sun. p. 52. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia | Art Gallery of Greater Victoria". Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12.


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