Sarah Jean Munro Maclean
{{Short description|Canadian painter}}
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| birth_name = Sarah Jean Munro
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1873}}
| birth_place = Pictou, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|2|21|1873|mf=y}}
| death_place = Montreal, Canada
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| education = Heatherley School of Fine Art, Liverpool School of Art
| field = Painter
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| spouse = Lachlan A. MacLean
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Sarah Jean Munro Maclean (1873 – 1952), was a Canadian painter known for her landscapes and portraits.{{cite web|title=Maclean, Sarah Jean Munro|url=https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=2189|website=Canadian Women Artists History Initiative|accessdate=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021932/https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=2189|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=live}}
Biography
Sarah Jean Munro was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1873.{{cite web|title=Pictou artist with piece in National Gallery of Canada's permanent collection|url=http://www.ngnews.ca/news/local/pictou-artist-with-piece-in-national-gallery-of-canadas-permanent-collection-77437/|website=The News (New Glasgow)|accessdate=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021541/http://www.ngnews.ca/news/local/pictou-artist-with-piece-in-national-gallery-of-canadas-permanent-collection-77437/|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=live}}
She first studied art in Boston, Massachusetts, then in England at Heatherley School of Fine Art in London and the Liverpool School of Art where she received her teaching diploma.
After graduation Maclean returned to Canada. She married Rev. Lachlan A. MacLean and settled in Montreal. There she joined the Women's Art Association of Canada and the Art Association of Montreal.
In 1921 the National Gallery of Canada purchased Maclean's old painting Old Court Yard, St. Vincent, Montreal for their collection.{{cite web|title=Jean Maclean|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/old-courtyard-st-vincent-street|website=National Gallery of Canada|accessdate=11 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021544/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/old-courtyard-st-vincent-street|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=live}}
Maclean organized sketching and studio classes for the Art Association of Montreal. Her paintings were include in several the Association's Annual Spring Exhibitions from 1920 through 1936. She also exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition in 1931.
While Maclean participated in the art scene in Montreal, she was also active in parish life, working with the Canadian Presbyterian and United Church women’s groups, and serving as chairperson of the Girl’s Work Board of Religious Education Association.
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Category:People from Pictou County
Category:Artists from Nova Scotia
Category:19th-century Canadian painters
Category:20th-century Canadian painters