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FLEWELLING, Dorena
- Naissance
- Lacombe, Alberta, 1909
- Décès
- ?, 1996
- Notice biographique
- Flewelling was recognized for her printmaking and abstract painting. She studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts for credits towards her B.Ed. (1936-39) as well as a summer course at Columbia University and another year at Instituto Allende (San Miguel de Allende, Mexico). She was a member of the Alberta Society of Artists and the Federation of Canadian Artists. Like many other print artists, her work was represented in "Highlights," an early newsletter of the Alberta Society of Artists. Her work is held in the Alberta Foundation of the Arts and in various private collections. H.G. Glyde, André Biéler and Gordon Smith had a strong influence on her work which included oils, water colours, tempera, casein, enamel and mixed techniques. She exhibited with the ASA as a member. Her other affiliations include: Soc. of Ed. Through Art; FCA (former Nat. Treas.). Flewelling also taught art by correspondence for sixteen years and was a design instructor for four years at summer sessions of the U. of A.
- Médias
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Etudes
- Banff School of Fine Arts
- San Miguel Allende, University of Mexico
- Associations
- Alberta Society of Artists
- Federation of Canadian Artists
- Lieux de conservation des dossiers et archives
- Calgary Public Library, AB - Arts Department
- London Public Library, ON
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Toronto Reference Library, ON
- BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Documents sur l'artiste- "Alberta Society of artists Exhibition." Edmonton Journal 15 Nov. 1965.
- "Playgoers Appreciate Graphic Art." Edmonton Journal 20 Nov. 1964: 29.
- Barkhouse, Dorothy. "Fall Paintings Show Change, Experiment." Edmonton Journal 11 Nov. 1964: 12.
- Cochran, Bente Roed. Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985 Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1989.
- 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.
- Prakash, A. K. Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women's Art Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2008.
- Zimon, Kathy E. Alberta Society of Artists: The First Seventy Years Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2000.