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HEMBROFF-SCHLEICHER, Edythe
- Born
- Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 1906
- Died
- Victoria, B.C., 1994
- Biography synopsis
- In 1912 painter Edythe Hembroff moved with her family to Victoria, B.C. where she attended art courses at the Island Arts and Crafts Club with Margaret Kitto. She pursued further art studies at the California School of Fine Arts and the California School of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco, and later the Ecole des Beaux-Arts as well as the Academie Andre Lhote in Paris. After travelling through Europe, she returned to Victoria in 1930 where she met Emily Carr who became a lifelong friend. They shared similar art training having studied at the same schools in England, France and California. They also went on sketching trips together. Hembroff exhibited her work at the Island Arts and Crafts Society in 1930 and again in 1932 when one of her paintings was included in "The Modern Room," a space designated for work by Emily Carr and a few other modern painters. Hembroff also exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts and the Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists in Seattle throughout the 1930s. In 1974 she was appointed by the B.C. government as a special consultant on Emily Carr for the B.C. Provincial Archives where she organized a partial re-creation of the 1932 Modern Room exhibition in the Emily Carr Gallery in 1981. During the Second World War, she moved to Ottawa with her husband and worked for the federal government civil service and gave up painting. Hembroff-Scheicher's work is held in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the University of Victoria Legacy Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery and B.C. Archives.
- Media used
- Painting
- Education
- California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco
- California College of Arts and Crafts (Oakland)
- Académie André Lhote
- École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
- Memberships
- Victoria Sketch Club
- Island Arts and Crafts Society
- British Columbia Society of Fine Arts (1908-1950)
- File & Archive locations
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Toronto Reference Library, ON
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- British Columbia Archives
- University of Victoria, BC - Special Collections
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher : 1906-1994 Victoria, B.C.: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1995
- Hembroff-Schleicher Edythe and Emily Carr Gallery.. The Modern Room. Victoria, B.C.: Province of B C Ministry of Provincial Secretary, 1981
- Hill, Edward. "Unsung Victoria Artist brought to Light." Victoria News 20 Jun 2013: 1
- Johnson-Dean Christina B.. The Life and Art of Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher. . Salt Spring Island, B.C.: Mother Tongue Publishing, 2013
- Lover, John Gordon. The Victoria Sketch Club: A Centennial Celebration, 1909-2009 Victoria, B.C.: Victoria Sketch Club, 2008
- Moore, Mary Ann. "Unheralded Artist brought to Light." The Vancouver Sun 07 Nov. 2013
http://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/unheralded-artist-brought-to-light - Tippett, Maria and Douglas Cole. From Desolation to Splendour: Changing Perceptions of the British Columbia Landscape Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company Ltd, 1977
- Tuele Nicholas et al.. The Women Artists of British Columbia: 100 Years. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1991 Victoria, B.C.: Gloria K. White (producer), 1991
- Tuele, Nicholas. Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher 1906-1994 Victoria, B.C.: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1995
Writings by- Hembroff-Schleicher Edythe and Emily Carr. Emily Carr: The Untold Story. Saanichton, B.C.: Hancock House Publishers, 1978
- Hembroff-Schleicher Edythe and Emily Carr Gallery.. The Modern Room. Victoria, B.C.: Province of British Columbia Provincial Archives, 1981
- Hembroff-Schleicher Edythe.. M.E. : A Portrayal of Emily Carr. Salt Spring Island, B.C.: Mother Tongue Publishing Limited, 2013
