Mabel Lockerby

Mabel Irene Lockerby (March 13, 1882 – May 1, 1976) was a Canadian artist.

Career Lockerby's birth year is sometimes attributed as 1887 from her own curriculum vitae but she was actually born in 1882. She was born in Montreal to Alexander Lockerby, a grocer, and Barbara Cox

She studied at the Art Association of Montreal with William Brymner and Maurice Cullen winning two awards, one for her drawing in the "antique class" (1902) and another for composition (1911). In 1914, she began to exhibit in the annual Spring Exhibition at the Association and continued to paint throughout the First World War.

She was a member of the Beaver Hall Group. She exhibited regularly with the group and in 1926 the National Gallery of Canada purchased one of her works. She joined the Canadian Group of Painters in 1939 and was a member of the Contemporary Arts Society of Montreal.

Her painting style is characterized by rich colours, visible brushstrokes and strong sense of design. She primarily painted portraits, still lifes and landscapes with figures. Her work is also in the collections at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

Lockerby died in Montreal at the age of 94 after suffering a stroke a few months earlier.