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Biography
Dorothy Knowles, CM SOM (born April 7, 1927 in Unity, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian artist, most notable for her landscape paintings. She is the widow of William Perehudoff, a fellow artist who is more closely associated with the Color Field movement.
Career
Knowles studied with Eli Bornstein at the University of Saskatchewan and she went on to study at the Goldsmith School of Art in London and Banff Centre. She is known for her landscape paintings and has had exhibitions across Canada and the United States.
Dorothy Knowles was inducted into the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1987, and became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2004. She was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Two postage stamps depicting paintings by Knowles, The Field of Rapeseed (1971) and North Saskatchewan River (1971) were issued by Canada Post on April 7, 2006.