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CREASE, Barbara
- Born
- Antron, Cornwall, England, 1857
- Died
- Victoria, British Columbia, 1883
- Biography synopsis
- An amateur painter like her mother and sisters, Barbara Crease produced watercolour landscapes of Alert Bay, British Columbia, and other views along the coast. She arrived in Victoria in 1860 and moved with her family to New Westminster in 1862 when her father became attorney-general of the colony. Six years later, they returned to Victoria and settled into their family home, Pentrelew.
- Media used
- Watercolour
- File & Archive locations
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- British Columbia Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Finlay, K.A. and T. Shea. "A Woman's Place" Art and the Role of Women in the Cultural Formation of Victoria B.C. 1850s-1920s Victoria: Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, 2004
- Gilmore, Bernice C. Artists Overland: A Visual Record of British Columbia 1793-1886 Burnaby: Burnaby Art Gallery, 1980
- Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970
- Johnson-Dean, Christina B. The Crease Family and the Arts in Victoria, British Columbia Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1983
- McKendry, Blake. Dictionary of Folk Artists in Canada: From the 17th Century to the Present Elginburg: Blake McKendry, 1988
- Petteys, Chris, et al. Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 Boston: G. K. Hall, 1985
- Powell, Barbara. "The diaries of the Crease women" BC Studies Nos. 105/106 (1995): 44-58
