13 Facts About Isabel McLaughlin

Isabel McLaughlin specialized in landscapes and still life and had a strong interest in design.

Isabel McLaughlin studied watercolour painting with Louise Saint in Paris while learning French at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Isabel McLaughlin then attended the Art Students' League, as it was called, a school started by Lismer's students on the grounds of the College of Art with, as mentors, Lismer and Housser.

Isabel McLaughlin was recognized as a dedicated artist from early in her career.

Isabel McLaughlin's works are in many public collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Robert Isabel McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg and the Art Gallery of Guelph, Ontario.

Isabel McLaughlin served as the first woman president of the Canadian Group of Painters.

Isabel McLaughlin was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, as well as an executive member of the Heliconian Club in Toronto and its President.

Isabel McLaughlin was a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.

Isabel McLaughlin was the recipient of the Order of Ontario in 1993 and the Order of Canada in 1997.

Isabel McLaughlin gave financial gifts to the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Art Gallery of Guelph, the Heliconian Club and the Robert Isabel McLaughlin Gallery.

In 1987, Isabel McLaughlin made a donation of art work from her personal collection of art works by other artists than herself to the Robert Isabel McLaughlin Gallery as well.

Isabel McLaughlin was the subject of an authorized portrait relief sculpture by Florence Wyle.

In 1998, Isabel McLaughlin was one of the four artists in 4 Women Who Painted in the 1930s and 1940s, curated by Alicia Boutilier for the Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa.