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GRIER, Stella Evelyn (Gould)
- Born
- Toronto, Ontario, 1898
- Died
- Ottawa, Ontario, 1994
- Biography synopsis
- After studying with her father Sir Wyly Grier, well-known portrait painter, Stella Grier studied at the Art Students League in New York, St. Martins' School, Goldsmith College and the New Cross School in London, England. On her return to Canada she became a freelance commercial artist in Toronto, where she worked at the T. Eaton's Store, and in Boston. She later returned to England where she taught children's fashion drawing at the Carlton Studios in London. On her subsequent return to Canada, she taught at King's Hall, Compton, Quebec and later at the Department of Archaeology of the Royal Ontario Museum. She also illustrated children's school books. She chiefly worked in pastels but also did some oil painting. Her work has been exhibited in London, the United States, South America and in Canada. In 1930 she was elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy.
- Media used
- Drawing
- Painting
- Pastels
- Education
- Art Students' League, New York
- Goldsmiths College, London
- New Cross School, London
- St. Martin's School, London
- Memberships
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1930 Associate
- File & Archive locations
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- London Public Library, ON
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- Trent University Archives, ON
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "?" Journal, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 9 (Jan. 1932): 19
- "Le 51e Salon du Printemps." La Presse (Montreal) 20 Apr. 1934
- "Noted Painter Stella Grier Here to do Series of Child Portraits." Halifax Mail Star 25 Apr. 1963
- "Royal Canadian Academy of Arts." Journal, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 8 (Dec. 1931): 408
- Bentham, Christine and Katharine Hooke. From Burleigh to Boschink: A Community Called Stony Lake. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2000
- Grier, William Milton. The Griers: Pioneers in America and in Canada 1816-1991. Denver, Colorado: Grier & Company, 1991
- Imperial Institute. Imperial Gallery of Art, Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture by Artists Resident in Great Britain and the Dominions. South Kensington, Britain: Imperial Institute, 1929
- MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Formerly Art Association of Montreal: Spring Exhibitions, 1880-1970. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Royal Canadian Academy of Arts/Académie royale des arts du Canada: Exhibitions and Members 1880-1979 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981
- National Gallery of Canada. Exhibition of Contemporary Canadian Painting. New York: Carnegie Corporation, 1936
- Petteys, Chris, et al. Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1985
- Stocking, John et al. "The Official Portraits of the University of Calgary: A Preliminary Listing." Special Collections Calgary: University of Calgary, Special Collections Division, 1991
- Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Leipzig, Germany: E. A. Seamans, 1962
Writings by- Harding, Alice et al, with illustrations by Stella Grier. The Pat and Patsy Pre-Primer. London and Toronto: J.M. Dent, 1944
- Hyslop, Marjorie Gordon with illustrations by Stella Grier. Toy Shop Tales. Toronto: J.M. Dent, 1930
- Raff, Emma Scott with illustrations by Stella Grier. Of Queen's Gardens. ?
- Walsh, J.C. et al, with Illustrations by Stella Grier. Our World Has Changed: Grade IV. Toronto: Ryerson, 1938
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Royal Canadian Academy. Opening of the Exhibition to the Public Yesterday." Montreal Herald . p.8. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Irene B. Wrenshall. "Toronto." American Art News . 13.27: p.7. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Hector Charlesworth. "Impressions of the Royal Canadian Academy." Toronto Saturday Night . p.5. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Augustus Bridle. "Royal Canadian Academy Opens Here this Evening. Nearly 500 Pictures Sent in and 240 Are Hung - Most Brilliant Collection of Thoroughly Lawful Pictures in Life of R.C.A." Toronto Star . p.13. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Canadian Academy Exhibition Strikes More Modern Note." Mail and Empire (Toronto) . p.8. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "R.C.A. Select Pictures for London Exhibition." Evening Telegram (Toronto) . p.33. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) N. H.. "Canadian Art Reaches Peak at R.C.A. Show." Evening Telegram (Toronto) . p.32. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Mary-Etta MacPherson. "Canadian Art in Review. Gleanings from the Fiftieth Exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy, Held in Toronto Recently." Canadian Homes and Gardens . pp.20-21. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Exhibition at Art Galleries. Jury Selection Sympathetic to Sincere and Normal Work - Promise Shown by New Exhibitors." Gazette (Montreal) . p.12. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "R.C.A. Show Opened with Private View. Fifty-first Annual Exhibition Housed in Art Association Galleries." Gazette (Montreal) . p.18. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) H. Poynter Bell. "The Fifty-First Exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy." Royal Architectural Institute of Canada . pp.29-33. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Frederick Griffin. "Heming's New Line in Art Striking Feature of Exhibit. Dorothy Stevens Presents Challenging Picture at Ontario Artists's Display." Toronto Star . p.43. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Wide Range of Art In R.C.A. Exhibition." Gazette (Montreal) . p.10. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Canadian Artists Are Well Represented At R.C.A. Exhibition." Montreal Star . p.19. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Landscapes, Portraits, Water Colors, Sculpture, Viewed at Exhibition of Royal Canadian Academy." Montreal Star . p.11. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) W. S. Maxwell. "Fifty-Second Annual Exhibition, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts." Royal Architectural Institute of Canada . 9.1: pp.14-21. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Governor-General Opens Annual Art Exhibition. His Excellency Recalls Tradition of Predecessors-Stresses Art's Part in Renaissance of National Taste." Montreal Star . p.20. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) Reynald. "Le 51e salon de printemps. Morte-saison pour les nôtres." La Presse (Montreal) . p.29. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Fifty-First Spring Exhibition of the Art Association." Montreal Star . p.15. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Art Association Spring Show Opens. Private View Inaugurates Exhibition Containing Over Five Hundred Works." Gazette (Montreal) . p.17. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Exhibition of Art Association Opened on Thursday." Montreal Star . p.17. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Nearly 500 Works at Spring Exhibit. Variety in Show at Galleries of Art Association of Montreal. 1,080 Items Submitted. Judges Reveal Open Minds and 52nd Annual Contains Much to Meet Differing Tastes." Gazette (Montreal) . p.3. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Spring Exhibition of the Art Association." Montreal Star . p.17. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Nearly 500 Works at Spring Exhibit. Art Association's 54th Annual Show Opens with Private Views. Judges Open-Minded." Gazette (Montreal) . p.13,17. Full-text pdf
