Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton

Newton was born in Leith, Scotland in 1890.^[1] From 1900 to 1905 she studied at Trinity Academy in Edinburgh.^[2] Newton emigrated with her family to Manitoba, Canada, in 1910. Her first artistic employment was illustrating for the T. Eaton Company.^[2]

In 1916, Newton married Stanley Newton.^[2] After her marriage she returned to university, studying at the Winnipeg School of Art. Her teachers included Alexander J. Musgrove, LeMoine FitzGerald, Frank Johnston, and Walter J. Phillips.^[2]

From 1930 through 1948 Newton exhibited with the Art Association of Montreal, and in 1941 she exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.^[2]

She was a member of a number of art associations including the Manitoba Society of Artists, the Federation of Canadian Artists, the Winnipeg Sketch Club, the Canadian Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Manitoba.^[2]

Newton died in 1967 in Toronto, Ontario.^[2]

Newton was included in the 2013 exhibition Herstory: Art by Women in The University of Winnipeg Collection at Gallery 1C03 at the University of Winnipeg.^[3]