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GALBRAITH, Clara E.

Born
Hamilton, Ontario, 1864
Died
Hamilton, Ontario, 1941
Biography synopsis
Clara Galbraith was educated at the Wesleyan Ladies College in Hamilton, and was instructed in art by her mother who was an amateur painter. She was known for china painting, and she participated in the creation of a large dinner service by the Women's Art Association and given to Lady Aberdeen as a gift. In addition to her work in china painting, she painted in oils and watercolors. She exhibited work at the Women's Art Association of Canada exhibitions. She was president of the Hamilton branch of the Women's Art Association and she taught watercolor and ceramics at the Hamilton Art School.
Media used
China painting
Oil painting
Watercolour
Memberships
Women's Art Association of Hamilton
File & Archive locations
Hamilton Public Library, ON - Local History and Archives Department
Women's Art Association of Canada Archives, ON
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Writings about
Butlin, Susan. A New Matrix of the Arts: A History of the Professionalization of Canadian Women Artists, 1880-1914. Ottawa, Ontario: Carleton University, 2008
Canadian Museum of Civilization. This Splendid Gift: the Canadian Historical Dinner Service Ottawa: Canadian Museum of History, 1999
http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/cadeau/caint02e.html
Cronin, Keri. "Science on a Salad Plate: Thinking about the Representation of Natural History in the Canadian Historic Dinner Service Project 1." Natural Science in the New World: The Descriptive Enterprise 31: 1-2 (2008)
http://www.erudit.org/en/journals/scientia/2008-v31-n1-2-scientia2574/019757ar.pdf
Elwood, Marie. "The State Dinner Service of Canada, 1898." Material History Bulletin/Bulletin d'histoire de la culture matérielle 3 (Spring 1977): 41-49
http://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/16955
Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970
Hopkins, J. C., ed. "Canadian Artists of Today." Canada: An Encyclopedia of the Country. Toronto: Linscott, 1900
National Council of Women of Canada. Women of Canada: Their Life and Work. Montreal: National Council of Women, 1900
http://archive.org/details/cihm_11965

Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Sixth Annual Spring Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, ) "Art Notes"  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.6.   Full-text pdf
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Sixth Annual Spring Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, ) "The Woman's Art Association"  The Week (Toronto)  .  p.472.   Full-text pdf
Women's Art Association of Canada (Ham) - First Exhibition: (Y.M.C.A., ) "Art Notes"  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.9.   Full-text pdf
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, ) "Women And Art. Annual Exhibition of the Woman's Art Association. Purely Canadian Exhibits. Great Discretion Exercised in the Selection of Paintings. Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpatrick and Party Present at the Opening-The Exhibit Open Till the 17."  Globe and Mail  .  p.8.   Full-text pdf
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, ) "ART"  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.9.   Full-text pdf
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 9th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, ) "Woman's Art Association. Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Members of the Association-Other Cities Represented."  Globe and Mail (Toronto)  .  p.6.   Full-text pdf
Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Tenth Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, ) "Art and Artists. Tenth Annual Exhibition of the W.A.A. Water Colors the Feature. Some Noted Canvases by Distinguished Artists. Contributions from Montreal, Hamilton, Brockville and Kingston - Toronto Well Represented - The Trend of Art."  Globe and Mail (Toronto)  .  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) "Ontario Artists. A Beautiful Array of the Works of Well-Known Wielders of the Brush."  Globe (Toronto)  .  p.26.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Lynn C. Doyle.  "Ontario Society of Artists."  Globe (Toronto)  .  p.28.   Full-text pdf
Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, ) Jean Grant.  "The Ontario Society Exhibition."  Toronto Saturday Night  .  p.9.   Full-text pdf

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