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- Joan Arden Charlat Murray
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Joan Murray (nee Charlat) was born in New York City in 1943. She is an art historian, writer, and curator, known for her work on Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. Murray earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1965 and a Master of Arts from Columbia in 1966.
Murray held positions at the Art Gallery of Ontario (1968-1973), the Robert McLaughlin Gallery (1974-1999), and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection (2005-2006). She was the first curator of Canadian art at the Art Galley of Ontario. Murray served as art editor for The Canadian Forum, a literary and art magazine, from 1970-1974. Murry continued her curatorial work following her retirement.
Murray is a member of the Royal Society of Canada (1992) and received the Order of Ontario in 2003.