| That's how I became acquainted with Lilias and Edwin, and Edwin very much invited me to stay in Montreal. |
| Lilias Torrance Newton has left a legacy as one of Canada's most prolific portrait artists, with a painting career spanning over 50 years. |
| Faced with the problem of supporting herself and her son, Lilias Newton looked for ways to make her painting pay. |
| In her first years as a single parent, however, Lilias Newton had to supplement her portrait commissions by teaching. |
| The couple separated and subsequently divorced in 1933, leaving Lilias alone to support herself and her son. |
| At the age of sixteen, Lilias began more formal studies with the Art Association of Montréal, under renowned instructor William Brymner. |
