The Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis never sold a work for more than $10 during her lifetime. But on May 14 at an Ontario auction, one of her paintings fetched C$350,000 ($272,000), more than ten times ...

Sally Hawkins as Maud Lewis (photo by Duncan Deyoung, courtesy Mongrel Media) Maudie, directed by Aisling Walsh, depicts the life of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis (1903–1970). The film does not ...

Maud Lewis, “Untitled (White Cats with Blue Eyes)” (ca. 1965), oil on board, 13 3/4 × 15 15/16 in. (Private Collection, Nova Scotia, image courtesy McMichael Canadian Art Collection) KLEINBURG, ...

While Maud Lewis paintings routinely sell for tens of thousands of dollars at auction, sometimes they can sell for a lot more due to details such as how a previous owner acquired the painting or who ...

A movie that might have been better served if it had been released in the late fall instead of the spring, the biographical drama “Maudie” still managed to rustle up interest beyond its target ...

Lewis, née Dowley, was born in Nova Scotia in 1903, and though her childhood was spent in relative comfort, she ultimately spent most of her adult life in poverty. At the age of 34, she married ...

35.6 x 30.5 cm. (14 x 12 in.) The simplicity of Maud Lewis' paintings, brushed initially with scrounged paint from local fishermen onto ubiquitous green boards and postcards, continue to evoke ...

“Live-in or keep house.” Fish peddler Everett Lewis slapped this short ad on the walls of shops all over Marshalltown, Nova Scotia, in January 1938. Maud Dowley accepted the job. She also convinced ...

11.75 x 13.75 in. (29.8 x 34.9 cm.) Nova Scotia’s beloved folk artist, Maud Lewis often depicted oxen in her charming oil paintings. Here, two harnessed oxen face the viewer, standing side by side, ...

The movie "Maudie" is the true story of a painter whose work is so exuberant you'd never guess what a difficult life she lived. In a moment, NPR's Susan Stamberg will tell us about the art and legacy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like many a North American folk artist, Maud Lewis' oeuvre — which consists of countless paintings of fuzzy cats, crude-looking ...