National Gallery of Canada

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We'll be speaking about the artwork of Helen McNicoll, a Canadian impressionist artist, who in the early 1900s painted many farmyards and orchard scenes.

Katerina Atanassova, senior curator of Canadian art at the National Gallery of Canada, is here, and I'm delighted.

Welcome, Katerina.

Thank you for having me.

It's a sincere pleasure to have you today.

Katerina, Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey is on view at the National Gallery of Canada on till October the 12th.

Tell us about the artist and why her work continues to resonate with audiences more than a century after her passing.

Well, Peggy, I'm really pleased, uh, that we're talking today about such a remarkable, uh, woman artist who's one of Canada's foremost, uh, impressionist artists from the second generation, and who achieved a really a considerable success both in Canada and abroad, uh, during her very short, uh, lifespan and career.