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 ...

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 ...

The new film Maudie is an intimate drama about self-taught Canadian painter Maud Lewis. The film also takes a deep dive into her paintings and legacy. The movie "Maudie" is the true story of a painter ...

A painting by the Canadian artist folk artistoften used normal house paint for her works, and, which was once bartered to the owners of a restaurant in London, Ontario in exchange for a few grilled ...

Fifty years ago, restaurant owners Irene and John Demas traded a grilled cheese for a painting. Last month, it sold for $272,548. Irene Demas paints a pretty picture as to how slinging grilled cheese ...

11 ¼ inch by 15 inch Sandy Cove harbor scene by Maud Lewis (Canadian, 1903-1970), a serial image showing Sandy Cove along Digby Neck, Canada in full season (est. CA$12,000-$15,000). Four-gallon ...

TORONTO (CTV Network) — Hungry for some uplifting news, a man from western Canada stumbled across a story about a painting up for auction. The work by acclaimed Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis had ...

Maud Lewis was a Canadian folk artist known for her distinctively flat and brightly colored paintings. Her small-scale depictions of animals and landscapes formed decorative microcosms of rural ...

Exquisite mixed media diorama by Adelard Brousseau of Quebec titled Maple Sugar Time (circa 1930), 36 ½ inches long by 21 inches tall by 24 ½ inches wide (CA$10,620). Acrylic on paper by Canadian ...

The simplicity of Maud Lewis' paintings, brushed initially with scrounged paint from local fishermen onto ubiquitous green boards and postcards, continue to evoke feelings of innocence, of child-like ...