BIOGRAPHY
Born July 9, 1917, Point au Pic, Quebec. Grew up in Montreal, Point au Pic and Montebello.
Married Fred Ritchie in 1942 and moved to Baie d’Urfee, Quebec in 1949. Moved, in 1956, with Fred and their four children to Naramata, British Columbia where she lived and worked until her death, May 14, 2004.
| STUDIES | |
| 1945 – 1950 | Sculpture with Gisella Lamprecht |
| 1947 | Drawing with Jacques de Tonnancourt |
| 1937 – 1941 | Art School, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with: Edwin Holgate, |
| Will Ogilvie, Lilias Newton, Goodrich Roberts, Jacques de Tonnancourt | |
| 1940 | Robert Redford Scholarship in Painting |
| 1935 – 1937 | Paris, drawing with Sculptor, M. Muguet, student of Bourdelle |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2005 | Layers of Light, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, British Columbia |
| 2002 | Percival Ritchie, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia |
| 1999 | Ireland, A Connection, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, British Columbia |
| 1997 | Ireland, A Connection, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia |
| Ireland, A Connection, Kootenay Gallery of Art History and Science, Castlegar, British Columbia | |
| 1994 | Paintings and Sculpture, Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia |
| PM Ritchie, Retrospective, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, British Columbia | |
| 1991 | A Sense of Place, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, British Columbia |
| 1990 | A Sense of Place, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia |
| 1989 | A Sense of Place, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia |
| 1987 | As I See It, Richmond Public Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia |
| 1986 | As I See It, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, British Columbia |
| 1984 | As I See It, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, British Columbia |
| 1981 | PM Ritchie, Circulating Didactic Painting Exhibition, throughout Okanagan Similkameen, British Columbia |
| 1980, 1975 | PM Ritchie, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, British Columbia |
| 1974 | Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia |
| 1969 | Summerland Public Library, Summerland, British Columbia |
| 1968 | PM Ritchie, Faculty Club, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC |
| 1965 | Kelowna Branch Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia |
| 1964 | Penticton Art Club, Jubilee Pavilion, Penticton, British Columbia |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1999 | A Rose is a Rose is a Rose, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia |
| 1996 | The Land, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia |
| 1996 | Kin, The W.I.N. Art Gallery, Summerland, British Columbia |
| 1987 | Exposition des Étudiants de Ethel Seath, L’atrium, Maison D’Alcon, Montreal, Quebec |
| 1981 | It Figures, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, British Columbia |
| 1980 | Council of Jewish Women, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1974 | Okanagan Image, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia |
| 1973 | Eight Women Painters of BC, travelling exhibition |
| 1972 | Western Tour of British Columbia Painters |
| 1969 | Inter-Fauna Exhibition, Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1967 | Manitoba Society of Artists, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1946, ’43, ’41, ’40, ’39, ’35 | Spring Exhibition, Art Association of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec |
COLLECTIONS
- In several private and corporate collections
- Most recently two paintings were accepted into the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton in Ontario
- Mural, Naramata Centre, Naramata, British Columbia
- Mural, Naramata Community Church, Naramata, British Columbia
- Triptych, United Church, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
TEACHING
- Naramata Centre, Naramata British Columbia
- Adult Education, Okanagan College, Penticton, British Columbia
- Okanagan Summer School of the Arts, Penticton, British Columbia
- Painting in the Parks, Naramata, British Columbia
- Art Classes, St. Andrews Youth Centre, Montreal, Quebec