Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake
Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake | |
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Born | Mary Alexandra Bell 1864 Douglas, Ontario |
Died | 1951 (aged 86–87) Ottawa, Ontario |
Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | Jewelry making, Painting, Watercolour |
Spouse(s) | Charles H. Eastlake |
Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (née, Mary Alexandra Bell) (1864, Douglas, Ontario - 1951, Ottawa) was a Canadian painter most notable for her portraits of children, as well as a jewelry designer and producer.
Biography[]
Eastlake received her education at the Art Association of Montreal School from 1884 to 1887 (Robert Harris; Montreal), the Art Students League of New York (William Merritt Chase),[1] and between 1891 and 1892 at the Académie Colarossi (Gustave Courtois and E.L. Dupain; Paris). She first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1899 and exhibited at and was elected an associate of RCA in 1893.[2][3]
After marrying Charles Herbert Eastlake, an English painter,[2] and director of the Chelsea Polytechnic, she moved to England[1] and devoted time to learn enamelling and metal work for the production of jewellery as an applied art. Eastlake exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4] One of her pastels, an effect of sunlight through trees, was exhibited at the Salon of 1906. She painted in Sweden, Holland, and Belgium, as well as England and France.
Eastlake returned to Canada in 1939.[1]
The Pastel and the Boston Water Colour Societies made her a member, and besides the Salon, she exhibited at the Royal Academy, Arts and Crafts, and New English Art Club, and at exhibitions in Canada and the United States.[3] Her works are part of the collections in the National Gallery of Canada.[5]
Selected works[]
- Moonrise
- The Village on the Cliff
- Reverie
- Snowy Day in a Canadian Village
References[]
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cassell's Magazine (1909)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Farr, Dorothy; Luckyj, Natalie (1975). From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. p. 29.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Butlin 2009, p. 226.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cassell 1909, p. 406.
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Gray 2009, p. 36.
Bibliography[]
- Bruce, Tobi; Cable, Patrick Shaw (2011). The French Connection: Canadian Painters at the Paris Salons 1880-1900. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- Boyanoski, Christine (2015). "Figures in the Landscape en plein air". Embracing Canada: Landscapes from Krieghoff to the Group of Seven. Ian M. Thom (ed.). Vancouver and London, Eng.: Vancouver Art Gallery and Black Dog Publishing. pp. 59ff. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- Butlin, Susan (2009). The Practice of Her Profession: Florence Carlyle, Canadian Painter in the Age of Impressionism. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-7525-7.
- Cassell (1909). Cassell's Magazine (Public domain ed.). Cassell.
- Gray, Sara (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7188-3084-7.
- 1864 births
- 1951 deaths
- Canadian portrait painters
- Canadian women painters
- Jewellery designers
- Académie Colarossi alumni