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CHAPPELLE, Margaret Morgan
- Born
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1915
- Died
- Edmonton, Alberta, 1992
- Biography synopsis
- Margaret Chappelle worked in various media after studying with H.G. Glyde and J.B. Taylor at the University of Alberta in 1947 and elsewhere with Florence Mortimer and Sibyl Laubenthal. Chappelle was actively involved in the Alberta Society of Artists, often writing articles for the ASA newsletter "Highlights." She was also a member of the Edmonton Art Club, the Federation of Canadian Artists, and served on the board of the Edmonton Art Gallery. Her print works were exhibited in the annual Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers shows in the 1960s, and ceramics works were included in a number of craft shows, including Albertacraft, Ceramics Canada 61and 63. Notably, she was one of twelve artists to show her ceramics at the Smithsonian in 1961. In the late 1960s Chappelle became a civic activist and joined the urban reform movement initiated in the 1970s. She left a provision that the artworks in her estate only be sold ten years after her death with the stipulation that monies be donated to the SPCA.
- Media used
- Ceramics
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Education
- University of Alberta, 1947 - ? (under H.G. Glyde, J.B. Taylor)
- Memberships
- Alberta Society of Artists
- Edmonton Art Club
- Federation of Canadian Artists
- File & Archive locations
- London Public Library, ON
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Edmonton Art Gallery, AB - Library
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Canadian Art 3-8 (1945): 170
- Alberta Society of Artists, Edmonton Art Gallery. Alberta Society of Artists. Edmonton Art Gallery, 1975
- Cochran, Bente Roed. Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985 Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1989
- Crawford, Gail. Studio Ceramics in Canada Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2005
- Erwin, S.. "Artist's Legacy goes far beyond $3.7 Million Gift to S.P.C.A. Edmonton Journal 1992
- Howell, David. "Chappelle Art Auction Raises $76,000 for Humane Society." Edmonton Journal Nov. 19 2003: B3
- Howell, David. "Hidden Works Return to Light." Edmonton Journal 4 Nov. 2003: B1
- 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.
- Norbury, F.. "Colorful Showing by Edmonton Artists." Edmonton Journal 28 July 1945:14
- Townshend, Nancy. A History of Art in Alberta, 1905-1970 Calgary, Alberta: Bayeux, 2005
- Zimon, Kathy E. Alberta Society of Artists: The First Seventy Years Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2000
