Price Range: $5000-$50,000
1927 - 2023
Dorothy Knowles
, CM, COM, RCA
Dorothy was once asked what five factors she believed were vital for a good life. She responded, “I guess my five have been painting, painting, painting, painting, and painting.”
(Quote source: www.mcmichael.com)
Available Works
Beach at Candle Lake, 1987
Fields Near the River, 2001 (AC-010-01)
Blue October, 1993
Light In The Water, 1991
Clouds over Prairie, 2009 (AC-002-09)
Grass, Wheat & Trees, 1983
Summer Day, 1987 (OC-029-87)
Mountain Colours, 2001
The Valley, 1999
Geese in fall, 1984
Rising Mist, 1993 (AC-072-93-3)
The Bank of Clouds, 1965 (OC-009-65-2)
Smoke Dulled Waters, 1991
Lavender Water, 1990
Roadway, 1992
Sweet Clover, 1992
East of Jasper, 1981
Cold Day at the end of April, 1984
Fall Colours, 2021
Pink Reflection 2014
North of Tweedsmuir, 1985
Waterlilies, 2014
Distant Mountains, 2013
Green Fields, 2018
Summer Garden Series 8 – Snapdragons & Peonies
Reflections of Clouds and mountains, 1992 (AP-070-92)
East of Humbolt, 1985 (WC-064-85)
Lake & Trees, Waskesui, 2008
May in the Mountains, 2013
Dark Mountain, 2014
In the Shadow of the Mountain,2014
Cold Sky over Fall Colours, 1992
Catalogs
Dorothy Knowles: “Through the Years” Solo Exhibition e-Catalog 2018
DOROTHY KNOWLES: THROUGH THE YEARS
SEPTEMBER 22 – OCTOBER 10, 2018
Exhibition e-Catalog available HERE
For the first time in over 20 years in Calgary, Knowles, one of Canada’s most prominent landscape artists, is exhibiting a selection of monumental works from ‘Through the Years’.
“When I started to paint, I discovered it was something I could do. I never planned to be an artist, I just wanted the opportunity to paint.”
“The way the world is so beautiful is something that is an enduring delight. It inspires me to recreate the beauty I see in nature.” -Knowles
Clem Said Group Exhibition e-Catalog 2017
“ClemSaid” Group Exhibition:
Works by: Ronald Bloore, Ted Godwin, Dorothy Knowles, Kenneth Lochhead, and Harold Town
October 11 – 26, 2017
“ClemSaid” explores the relationships -from positive to negative- that this renowned critic had on 5 artists currently represented by Wallace Galleries.
Exhibition e-Catalog available HERE
The five artists; Ronald Bloore, Ted Godwin, Dorothy Knowles, Kenneth Lochhead, and Harold Town each had their own experiences and opinions on Greenberg and his views on [Modern] art.
As an influential art mind, Greenberg impacted the Canadian art scene with his visits, and his brief or lifelong connection with each artist exhibited had an impact on their art career in one way or another.
We invite you to enjoy the works and walk through a bit of history with each of these great artists… let your mind go & explore another world.
International Women’s Day Group Exhibition e-Catalog 2021
International Women’s Day Group Exhibition 2021: #ChooseToChallenge
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.
For the exhibition e-Catalog click HERE
International Women’s Day Exhibition 2026
Opening reception: Saturday, March 14 from 2-5pm.
Our International Women’s Day Exhibition is up! Despite a water line break, we are now back to normal and have this incredible exhibition up!
This exhibition will highlight works by our women artist by including; Nancy Boyd, Isla Burns, Camrose Ducote, Jennifer Hornyak, Joice M Hall, Dorothy Knowles, Elza Mayhew, Amy Modahl, Elzbieta Krawecka, Hilda Oomen, Linda Nardelli, Robin Smith-Peck, and Diana Zasadny.
As 2026 mission for International Women’s Day (IWD) is #GiveToGain, any sales from this exhibition will have a percentage going towards Safe Haven. Safe Haven Foundation of Canada was born from one couple’s personal mission to develop a program dedicated to keeping homeless, and at-risk teenage girls safe, off the streets, and in school.
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality.
As women in art have been overshadowed by their counter parts for so many years, the intent to highlight and applaud all our women artists from our roster by exhibiting them as a strong united group in one fabulous exhibition. Women of all genera of art will be on display and representing art from across Canada. This exhibition will celebrate the diversity and strength of art done by women in Canada.
Historically women have been overshadowed in the arts by their counter-parts for so many years. It is just until recent years that we see women starting to flourish in the artists. Great artists such as Mary Pratt, Helen Frankenthaler, Georgia O’Keefe, and Emily Carr have paved the way for today’s women in the arts. This show is to exemplify the strong and = innovative art that women artists of today are creating.
Biography
One of Canada’s most respected artists, Dorothy Knowles was born in Unity, Saskatchewan in 1927 and grew up on a farm overlooking a prairie valley. Initially Knowles had no plans to become a painter, and studied biology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
At the time of her graduation in 1948, a friend persuaded her to enrol in a six-week summer course given by the University of Saskatchewan at Emma Lake. The course was led by artist Reta Cowley from Saskatoon and James Frederick Finley from the Ontario College of Art. Under their guidance, young Dorothy found her talent for art.
Upon her return to Saskatoon, Knowles continued to study painting under Eli Bornstein and Nicholas Bjelejac at the University of Saskatchewan between 1948 and 1952. While taking a summer class at the Banff School in 1952, she decided to study art in England, eventually enrolling in the Goldsmith School of Art in London. She was influenced by the National Gallery, where she particularly admired the works of Piero di Cosimo, Piero della Francesca, Veronese, Ucello, and Renoir.
She married artist William Perehudoff in Paris in 1951, then travelled around Italy and France, exploring the great museums and cathedrals of Europe before returning to Saskatchewan in 1952.
They would eventually have three daughters, Rebecca, Catherine and Carol. Rebecca and Catherine are both landscape artists, and Carol, a writer, also has an Masters in Visual Art.
In the 1960s, Dorothy Knowles attended workshops at the Emma Lake Art Camp led by the American art critic Clement Greenberg (1962), artist Kenneth Noland (1963), Jules Olitski (1964), Lawrence Alloway (1965), and Michael Steiner (1969). All of these workshops had varying degrees of influence on her work, changing her style from a heavy impasto favoured by Greenberg to a more fluid technique preferred by Noland. Most importantly, she discovered the joy of working directly from nature. Thus, weather permitted, she worked out of doors, at times producing finished paintings, at times sketches and photographs which she used in the studio.