McDougall, who raced for Canada in Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics, was among seven international athletes selected to produce art projects for the Paris 2024 arts and culture exhibit
Canadian speedskater Brooklyn McDougall poses with her art on display as part of the Olympian Art exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo during the Olympic Games in Paris on July 25.Canadian speed skater Brooklyn McDougall’s portraits of the first women to win Olympic gold medals at the Paris Games of 1900 were unveiled Thursday in the same host city of the 2024 edition and in front of an audience that included International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.
Her three portraits entitled “The Trailblazers” depict American golfer Margaret Abbott, British tennis player Charlotte Cooper and Swiss sailor Helene de Pourtales, who McDougall feels didn’t receive the fanfare they deserved 124 years ago. “All three women really inspired me,” McDougall said. “One of the women, Margaret Abbott, she really holds a special place in my heart. She actually lived and died not knowing she was Olympic champion. She was never told she was participating in the Olympics and her victory was never celebrated at the time of her accomplishments.
“I researched a lot of photos of them. There’s not many of them. They’re all black and white. They’re all very grainy photos,” McDougall explained. “I took certain aspects of them, the hairstyles they wore at the time. However, I wanted to make it a little more modern and make them look confident and trail-blazing women.”
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