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Alice Hagen ''Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris'' 1962 oil on canvas, 35.6 x 50.8 cm
1962
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Credits:
Private collection

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Alice Hagen's legacy

In 1966, Alice Egan Hagen donated a large body of her work, including china-painted vessels, pottery items and oil paintings to Mount Saint Vincent University. However, in 1958, she had already donated some of the finest examples of her china painting to the Nova Scotia Museum. The items provided were at first alone, and then in 1960 the Nova Scotia Museum purchased a selection of works for the collection. Most of the other Hagen items in the Nova Scotia Museum were gifts from the artist.

In 1976 the MSVU Art Gallery mounted a major exhibition of her work. In 1982 a Symposium on Hagen's work attracted a number of prominent artists and historians, including Marie Elwood, then the Curator of History at the Nova Scotia Museum, and Homer Lord, a former student of Hagen's, and Walter Ostrom, both members of the faculty at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.

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''Allied Tea Set'' (no date)
1918

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Allied Tea Service

Rachel Dickinson, Alice's daughter, donated the "Allied Tea Service", painted during the First World War, to the Governor General's residence (Rideau Hall) in Ottawa. A lustre-painted bowl was presented to the Lieutenant Governor's residence (Government House) in Halifax.

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Discussion of Hagen's work

In 1992 a panel discussion of Alice Egan Hagen's work was held, and contributors included her former student Homer Lord, by then a member of the faculty of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, his colleague, ceramicist Walter Ostrom, and Marie Elwood of the Nova Scotia Museum.

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NSCAD President Garry Neill Kennedy at the dedication of Alice Hagen Kiln Building
1982
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Alice Hagen Kiln yard at NSCAD

In May, 1984, The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design opened the Alice Hagen Kiln Building, located at 1873 Hollis Street in Halifax. It is an important and long-lived commemoration of Hagen's contribution to ceramics in Nova Scotia. From 28 May until 14 June the Anna Leonowens Gallery held an exhibition of Hagen's work. Marie Elwood, recognized as the expert on Hagen and her work, was the guest curator of the exhibition. (1)
(1) Marie Elwood, Alice Hagen Exhibition (exhibition catalogue) (Halifax: Anna Leonowens Gallery I, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), 1984.

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''Pedestal cake plate with fruit basket design''
1916

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''Excised vase or jar, bisque stage'' (no date)
1940

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''Spouted Bottle with spiral design in red and blue''
1940

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''Platter with blue birds''
1938

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''Handled Vase''
1940

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Collections of Alice Egan Hagen's work

In addition to items in the collection of Mount Saint Vincent University, her work is held in private collections, the Nova Scotia Museum, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Mahone Bay Settlers' Museum, the DesBrisay Museum in Bridgewater and the National Trust of Scotland at Haddo House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.