Rosemarie Tovell was curator of the Canadian Prints and Drawings Collection at the National Gallery of Canada for over 30 years. Her major exhibitions include David Milne, William Berczy, Betty Goodwin, the history of Canadian lithography, and the Canadian etching revival. In 1997, her publication A New Class of Art received the prestigious Newman Book Award from the American Historical Print Collector's Society. Since retirement she continues to contribute to books and exhibitions, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Carleton University Art Gallery, and the Burnaby Art Gallery.