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BELL, Dorothy G. (Gladys)
- Born
- Edinburgh, Scotland, 1893
- Died
- Vancouver, B.C., 1954
- Biography synopsis
- Dorothy Gladys Bell studied at the Edinburgh School of Art prior to attending the Vancouver School of Art, graduating in 1939. Her paintings were often landscapes which one reviewer described as "realism ... beyond stark statement of facts, and her vision and personality [are] clearly evident." Bell married Dr. Fred C. Bell and moved to Gleneagles, which subject then occupied her work. At the time of her death in July 1954 a show of her work was hanging in Midge Robertson's Gleneagle Studio Shop.
- Education
- Vancouver School of Art, ? - 1939
- Memberships
- British Columbia Society of Fine Arts (1908-1950)
- Federation of Canadian Artists, 1941
- File & Archive locations
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Rare Books and Special Collections
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Palette. "In the Realm of Art: Imagination, Nature Combined in Show." Vancouver Province 14 Aug. 1954
- Vancouver Art Gallery. Paintings by Dorothy Bell: Vancouver Art Gallery, Nov. 23 - Dec. 12, 1954. Vancouver: 1954
- West Vancouver News. "Fine Watercolorist Revealed in First One Man Show Here." West Vancouver News 9 Jul. 1954
