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Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake

Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (1864 - 1951) was active/lived in Ontario, Quebec / Canada, England.  Mary Eastlake is known for Modernist and realist figure, village scene, portrait and marine painting.

Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (1864 - 1951)

A prominent Canadian painter, Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (nee Bell; aka: M.A. Bell) was born in Douglas, Ontario; raised in Almonte, Ontario and Carillon, Quebec; she lived in England (1893 to 1939); and died in Ottawa, Ontario. She has an important place in Canadian art history as one of Canada's first professional women artists. She travelled extensively in Britain and Europe; as well as to Africa, Asia, Japan, South America and the South Pacific. She was the second woman elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. She exhibited with the Royal Academy* (London, England), the Paris Salon*, the Art Association of Montreal* and the Ontario Society of Artists*. Her works are in several museum collections including the National Gallery of Canada. (1)(2)

Her mediums were oils, watercolors, pastels, Conte crayon*, pen & ink, graphite, and enamel jewelry. Her subjects were portraits, landscapes, figures, mother and child, city   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7782 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  38
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38 Book References for Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake
Year Author Title Pages Color
2009 Hardie, Melissa (Editor) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall, 1880-1940: A Dictionary Source Book 364 Yes
2009 Tovey, David St. Ives (1860-1930): The Artists and the Community A Social History 408 Yes
2008 Prakash, A.K. Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists 409 Yes
2006 Benezit, E Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes) 0 No
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Biographical Index of Artists in Canada 250 No
1999 Benezit, E. E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 14 Volumes 0 No
1997 MacDonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists A to F, 5th Edition 811 Yes
1997 McKendry, Blake A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms 242 Yes
1997 Murray, Joan Home Truths: A Celebration of Family Life by Canada's Best-Loved Painters 168 Yes
1995 Editor, Witt Library A Checklist of Painters, circa 1200-1994 Represented in the Witt Library (Courtauld Institute of Art, London) 557 No
1995 Lowrey, Carol Visions of Light and Air: Canadian Impressionism
(Exhibition catalog)
152 Yes
1994 Whybrow, Marion St. Ives, 1883-1993: Portrait of An Art Colony 236 Yes
1992 Tippett, Maria By A Lady: Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women 226 Yes
1988 Hill, Charles C. and Pierre B. Landry, Editors Catalogue of the National Gallery of Canada Ottawa: A-F, Canadian Art, Volume One A--F (National Gallery of Canada) 415 No
1988 McKendry, Blake A Dictionary of Folk Artists in Canada: From the 17th Century to the Present 287 Yes
1988 McMann, Evelyn Canadian Who's Who: Index 1898-1984 (University of Toronto Press) 530 Yes
1988 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal) 417 No
1985 Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 851 No
1982 Editor, Royal Academy of Arts Royal Academy Exhibitors, 1905-1970: A Dictionary of Artists and Their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts (1973-1982) (6 volumes, text) 0 No
1981 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979 448 No
1980 Sisler, Rebecca Passionate Spirits: A History of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980 296 Yes
1978 Wood, Christopher The Dictionary of Victorian Painters (Second Edition) 764 No
1976 Johnson, Jane; A. Greutzner The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, Volume V 567 No
1975 Farr, Dorothy; Natalie Luckyj From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada Agnes Etherington Art Centre
(Exhibition catalog)
81 No
1970 Bradfield, Helen Pepall Art Gallery of Ontario: The Canadian Collection 603 No
1970 Harper, J. Russell Early Painters and Engravers in Canada 392 No
1968 Smith, Frances K. Agnes Etherington Art Centre Queen's University at Kingston 195 No
1960 Hubbard, R.H. The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III 463 No
1948 National Gallery Of Canada Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada
(Exhibition catalog)
271 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1931 Editor, National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada Catalogue 218 No
1925 MacTavish, Newton The Fine Arts in Canada 181 Yes
1924 Editor, National Gallery of Canada Canadian Section of Fine Arts: British Empire Exposition, London, 1924 35 No
1905 Graves, Algernon (Compiler) The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904 (8 Volumes) 0 No
1900 Dignam, Mary Ella Women of Canada: Their Life and Work (Compiled by the National Council of Women) 442 No
1898 Morgan, Henry James (Editor) Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography of Living Characters 1118 No
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