A Pioneer of Modernism Born in Toronto, Canada, Kathleen Munn began her formal art education in 1904 at the Westbourne School under Farquhar McGillivray Knowles. By 1909, she was exhibiting her work with the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and the Canadian National Exhibition. Seeking to expand her horizons, she moved to New York City in 1912 to study at the Art Students League. There, she studied under A. S. Baylinson, Andrew Dasburg, and Max Weber, the latter of whom was a student of Cubism derived from Cézanne. Her family provided significant support for her…