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CREVECOEUR, Jeanne de
- Born
- Compton, Quebec, 1890
- Died
- Montreal, Quebec, 1970
- Biography synopsis
- Jeanne de Crevecoeur studied under William Brymner at the school of the Art Association of Montreal (1904-1908) She was one of the initial members of the Beaver Hall Group in Montreal and participated in the first exhibition of the group in 1921. She received the Wood Scholarship from the AAM which allowed her to pursue studies in Paris. Her work was included in the Art Association of Montreal Spring exhibitions from 1909-1925 as well as some of the shows of the Royal Canadian Academy between 1910-1915. In 1913, she exhibited at the Arts Club of Montreal and subsequently in 1927 and 1929 exhibited at the Eatons store art gallery. She was the president of the Society of Occupational Therapists in 1930 and became a puppeteer, producing puppet shows.
- Media used
- Drawing
- Painting
- Pastels
- Education
- Art Association of Montreal (under William Brymner (1904-1908))
- Memberships
- Beaver Hall Group
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Arbour, Rose-Marie. Identification de l'avant-garde et identité de l'artiste: les femmes et le groupe automatiste du Québec (1941-1948). Montréal: Université du Québec a Montréal, 1994
- Butlin, Susan. A New Matrix of the Arts: A History of the Professionalization of Canadian Women Artists, 1880-1914. Ottawa, Ontario: Carleton University, 2008
- Des Rochers Jacques, and Brian Foss, editors. 1920s Modernism in Montreal: The Beaver Hall Group. Une Modernite des Annees 1920 Montreal, Le Groupe de Beaver Hall Montreal, QC: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ; Black Dog Publishing, 2015
- Levy, Bernard. "Urbain et Chic." Vie des Arts 20 Jan. 2016
- 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.
- Millar, Joyce. "The Beaver Hall Group: Painting in Montreal 1920-1940." Woman's Art Journal 13.1 (Spring-Summer 1992): 3-9
- Walters, Evelyn. The Beaver Hall Group and its Legacy. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2017
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Exhibition of Art. High Water Mark Reached in This Year's Spring Showing in Art Galleries. Stricter Standard Set." Gazette (Montreal) . p.9. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Exposition d'art Canadien. Oeuvres remarquables de MM. Cullen, Rosaire, Boyd, Clapp, Beau, Brymner, St. Charles, Béliveau, Lamarche, Morrice, Paradis, Laliberté." La Presse (Montreal) . p.25. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Fine Collection of Pictures at Spring Exhibition in Art Gallery." Montreal Star . p.15. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) St. G. B.. "Art and Artists." Montreal Herald . p.9. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) William R. Watson. "Notable Canvases in Art Exhibit. But Tone Would Have Been Improved by Elimination of Many Pictures. Review of Chief Features. What Morrice, Cullen, Brymner and Other Leaders in Canadian Art Offer This Year." Gazette (Montreal) . p.4. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Montreal." American Art News . 8.29: p.2. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Exposition des oeuvres de nos artistes Canadiens." La Presse . p.23. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) William R. Watson. "Artists' Work of High Order. Some Striking Canvases Hung in Montreal's Spring Exhibition." Gazette (Montreal) . p.7. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Belle exposition de peintures à la Galerie des Arts." La Patrie . p.1. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "The Spring Exhibition." Montreal Standard . p.11. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibtion: (Ottawa, ) "L'Académie Royale Canadienne." Le Devoir (Montreal) . p.2. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibtion: (Ottawa, ) "L'exposition de l'academie royale." La Presse (Montreal) . p.2. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Exhibition at Art Gallery. Opened for Private View Last Night with Many Meritorious Works. Some Post Impressions." Gazette (Montreal) . p.13. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Au salon de peinture à la galerie des arts." La Presse (Montreal) . p.16. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) Leon Lorrain. "Le salon." Le Devoir (Montreal) . p.1. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Montreal Artists Are Well Represented at R.C.A.'s Annual Exhibit." Montreal Herald . p.11. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) Henri Fabien. "L'Academie Royale. Les Portraitistes." Le Devoir (Montreal) . p.2. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Art Show Has 478 Exhibits. Even Excellence Dominant Note at Art Association Which Opened Last Night. Nothing Very Daring." Gazette (Montreal) . p.5. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) Fabien, Henri. "Chronique d'art. Le salon du printemps. I." Le Devoir (Montreal) . p.1. Full-text pdf
- Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Open Galleries. 288 Fine Pictures on Exhibition at 37th Annual Exhibition." Montreal Herald . p.5. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Younger Artists Well Represented. Some Leading Exhibitors Are Absent from Thirty-Third Spring Exhibition." Gazette (Montreal) . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Exhibition at Art Gallery. Returned Soldier Exhibits Two Works Sketched at the Front." Gazette (Montreal) . p.5. Full-text pdf
- The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), ) "Spring Exhibit at Art Gallery. Returned Soldier Exhibits Two Works Sketched at the Front. Four Artists Overseas. Late Exhibition of R.C.A. Held Works that Usually Came to Montreal - Good Watercolors." Gazette (Montreal) . p.7. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Montreal Artists Well Represented. High Standard Set at Spring Exhibition of Art Association." Gazette (Montreal) . p.6. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) Albert Laberge. "Causerie en marge du salon du printemps. Peintres qui font de la sculpture et sculpteurs qui font des tableaux. Les Paysagistes." La Presse . p.10. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Meritorious Work at Spring Exhibit. Mural Paintings in R.C.A. Competition Part of Entries at Art Gallery." Gazette (Montreal) . p.15. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Art Association's Spring Exhibition." Gazette (Montreal) . p.6. Full-text pdf
