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HOWSON, Juliet H.
- Born
- Toronto, Ontario, 1873
- Died
- ?, 1963
- Biography synopsis
- Juliet Howson (Burdoin) was born in Toronto in 1873. She was educated at the Ontario School of Art, and also studied in Paris and The Netherlands. At the Academie Julian, she studied under Bouguereau and Ferrier. She painted oil and water-colour landscapes, flower studies, and portraits of notable women. At the Ontario Society of Artists exhibition in 1900, she exhibited a china tea service (four pieces), as well as two vases (daffodils, dandelions), and three plates (one of yellow roses, one of redcurrants, and one of raspberries). She later moved to the United States, where she exhibited under her married name, Juliet Burdoin. She painted oil and water-colour landscapes, flower studies, sea scapes and portraits of notable women. Her work was exhibited at the Toronto Art Gallery (1891), through the Ontario Society of Artists (1891-1893 and 1900), and at the Royal Canadian Academy (1891).
- Media used
- Oil painting
- Watercolour
- Education
- Académie Julian, Paris (under Bouguereau; Ferrier)
- Ontario College of Art & Design (formerly Ontario School of Art)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- 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 - Collins, Jim and Glenn B. Opitz, eds. Women Artists in America: 18th Century to the Present New York: Apollo, 1980
- 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 - Petteys, Chris, et al. Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 Boston: G. K. Hall, 1985
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, May 18, 1891) "Art Notes." The Week June 05, 1891. p.431. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, April 24, 1893) "Art Notes." The Week May 05, 1893. p.540. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - First Sketch Club Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, October 18, 1893) "Woman's Art Club. The Annual Exhibition now in Progress in the Canada Life Building-Some of the Paintings." Globe and Mail (Toronto) October 19, 1893. p.6. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, April 04, 1896) "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 April 07, 1896. p.8. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Annual Sketch Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, December 06, 1897) "Studio and Gallery" Toronto Saturday Night December 11, 1897. p.15. Full-text pdf
