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7. Molly Lenhardt
Batoche (Nathional Historic Site)
oil on canvas board
45.7 x 60.9 cm
1982
Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection
Gift of the artist
1991-034
About The Artist
Born 1920 on a farm on the shores of Lake
Winnipegosis, Manitoba, Molly Lenhardt resided in Melville,
Saskatchewan as the owner and proprietor of the Fairway Confectionary.
Lenhardt was primarily self-taught in painting, although she
did take at least one community college art class.
Focusing on Canadian heritage, especially
women pioneers, landscapes and Ukrainian heritage, one of
Lenhardt’s aims was to glorify those early settlers who
built our country. Her need to paint came from her need
to record…it was a way to honour and preserve the memories
of her Ukrainian forebearers and to dignify and recognize
pioneer women, their work and their part in transmitting their
culture and language.
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