Today is International Women's Day and thank you to all the women before me who have paved the road to change and all the fantastic women I know who are making positive changes everyday.
Here at Beyond the Fridge Door, we honour all women artists who struggle to get their message across. Thank you to Canadian Women Artists Prudence Heward, Emily Carr, Betty Goodwin, Maud Lewis and Rita Letendre.
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Canada Post Honours Canadian Painter Prudence Heward
Yesterday, I made a trip to the post office and came across, Prudence Heward, Canadian Representasional Figure Painter. Canada Post honoured her work by issuing two stamps. I had never heard of her so I decided to find out more about her.
Prudence Heward lived from 1896 to 1947. Montreal born to a wealthy family, Heward studied at private schools and was encouraged to study visual art at the Art Association of Montreal. She went on to study in Paris with her and friend and mentor A.Y. Jackson. She began exhibiting in 1924 and in 1929 won the Governor General Willingdon initial prize for Girl on the Hill. She exibited along side the Group of Seven and the Beaver Hall Group. It wasn't until 1932 that she had her first solo exhibit. For more information on Prudence Heward click this link to Library and Archives Canada. To view her paintings, check out National Gallery of Canada's Cybermuse.
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