Norval Morrisseau at the new wing of the MMFA

Norval Morrisseau is an artist who interests me; he is a visionary and shamanistic artist. 

Other photos: here we are at the new wing of the MMFA:

 

Home of Thomas Sydney Morrisey on Cedar Avenue, Westmount

Thomas Sydney (T.S.) Morrisey, Darrell Morrisey's older brother, lived most of his life within walking distance of his family home at 85 Church Hill Avenue, in Westmount, Quebec. Morrisey is a true war hero, he has a distinguished military career which includes spending part of World War One in Siberia. He was also a family man. These are photographs of Morrisey's home at 3275 Cedar Avenue, in Westmount, Quebec. Morrisey phoned my mother in the early 1940s regarding Morrisey family history, but we are not related to his family. Photos taken fall 2012.

Revised: 03 July 2018

Darrell Morrisey on Church Hill Avenue

May 2011

Fall 2012

    

Here is where Darrell Morrisey grew up, at 85 Church Hill Avenue in Westmount, Quebec, as it looks today. Darrell is one of the forgotten or "lost" members or of the Beaver Hall group of Montreal artists. Regrettably, none of her art seems to have survived since her death in the 1930. 

Revised: 03 July 2018

Here is a link to my essay on Darrell Morrisey, https://archive.org/details/DARRELLMORRISEYAForgottenBeaverHallArtistByStephenMorrissey

Revised: 18 January 2023

Shaman art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

F.R. Scott's family grave at Mount Royal Cemetary

a view from the 11th floor of the Delta Hotel in Montreal

Lost, found, missing... (six)

preparations for a wedding

A "lost" poem by Nellie McClung on bill bissett

Darrell Morrisey at the Linton Apartments

Always a prestigeous address, the Linton Apartments in downtown Montreal--near the corner of Guy and Sherbrooke Street West--was home to Darrell Morrisey and her family; Darrell Morrisey is one of the "forgotten" Beaver Hall Artists, in the early years of the 20th Century.

From 1907

Linton Flats, 1907 - 1915

Linton Apartments on right

The Linton, 1912-13, photograph by Wm. Notman & Son,
built on James Linton’s front lawn. His house is still there behind it.

Photographed in 1947, Sherbrooke Street Linton Apartments
and Unitarian church Church of the Messiah

Medical Arts Building at the SE corner of Guy and Sherbrooke ,
looking east. The Linton in the upper left corner photographed in February 1927

Sherbrooke St. W., Linton Apts on right

The Linton apartments, Sherbrooke Street West

Note: Additional archival photographs added on 26 September 2024.

animals sealed in plastic for Christmas (2)

animals sealed in plastic for Christmas (1)

Buckminister Fuller's geodesic dome at Expo 67

Here is a view of Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome--this was the American pavilion at Expo 67--seen here from the South Shore. In the eyes of many, Expo 67 was the last expression of Montreal's greatness; money is conservative and business avoids political unrest. With the popularity of Quebec separation from Canada, many head offices left the province. Expo was followed by the summer Olympics in 1976... Montreal was still on a roll, but native Montrealers remember the Olympics because of corruption, the Olympic stadium cost about $1B and it wasn't paid off until the early 2000s. Later that same year, on November 15, 1976, the Parti Quebecois was elected to power and with it economic decline began in earnest. The PQ represented different things to different people, to English-speaking Quebec it represented ethno-centricity and the oppression of the English-speaking community. However, most English-speaking Quebeckers accepted the new order of things in Quebec, they recognized that the status quo could not continue, that the French-majority should be masters in their own province. The English-speaking population that didn't accept how things had changed (approximately 200,000 people) left the province for life in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. For the French-speaking majority it was a time for independence, guaranteeing the future of the French language and culture in Quebec, it was a time to celebrate. 

The Morrissey Tavern in 1993

Carolyn Zonailo and I at the now closed Morrissey Tavern on Yonge Street in Toronto. Photos by Rick McGrath.