Alison Newton (1890-1967) born in Scotland, Newton attended art school at Trinity Academy in Edinburgh.She arrived in Winnipeg with her parents in 1910 and was hired as an advertising and catalogue illustrator for the T. Eaton Company. During her life, Newton belonged to numerous professional arts organizations including the Winnipeg Sketch Club and Manitoba Society of Artists – the latter of which she served as President – as well as the Federation of Canadian Artists. She exhibited her work at the National Gallery of Canada in 1932 and with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1941. Newton moved to Toronto in 1952, where she continued to teach and work until her death in 1967.