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BRADSHAW, Eva Theresa

Born
London, Ontario, 1871
Died
London, Ontario, 1938
Biography synopsis
Eva Theresa Bradshaw was one of the leading painters in London, Ontario during the interwar period, painting portraits and still lifes in an impressionist style. She studied under local London artists John and James Griffiths who had established their own local tradition of floral and still life painting. Bradshaw's paintings were regularly exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy between 1902 and 1907, with her last showing in 1920. In 2015 her paintings were shown in the exhibition Work and Perseverance: Paintings by Women Artists at the London Museum in Ontario, and in 2017 her work was included in a retrospective entitled "Highlights from 150 Years of Art-Making in London."
Media used
Painting
File & Archive locations
Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
London Public Library, ON
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Writings about
Eva Bradshaw, 1873-1938: exhibition of paintings. London, Ontario: Public Library and Art Museum, 1970
Memorial exhibition of the paintings of Eva Bradshaw ; Annual exhibition of the Fotoforum ; Selected prints from the school students' photographic competition ; Danish national exhibition ; Forty... London, Ontario: London Public Library and Art Museum, 1941
"An Artist Passes." London Free Press (Ontario) 31 Aug. 1938
"Eva Bradshaw, Called By Death." London Free Press (Ontario) 30 Aug. 1938
"Fine Work of London Artist." London Free Press (Ontario) 14 Dec. 1923
Bice, Clare. "Exhibit of Painting by the Late Eva Bradshaw a Rich Example of Canadian Art : Current Show at Williams Memorial Gallery Reveals High Place Held by Beloved London Artist." Source unknown London: Mar. 1941: 2-3
Boomer, Harriet Ann. "HERSTORY: Three Women who left a lasting mark on London." London Free Press (Ontario) 29 Oct. 1993: C1
Crawford, Lenore. "Eva Bradshaw works on display at gallery." London Evening Free Press (Ontario) 5 Feb. 1970
Crawford, Lenore. "Looking at Art: Eva Bradshaw's Many Gifts." London Free Press (Ontario) 11 Sep 1965
Doc. "Fame Finds Local Artist in Garret." London Free Press (Ontario) 14 Dec. 1923
Forsey, William C. The Ontario Community Collects: a survey of Canadian painting from 1766 to the present. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1975
Haldane, A. Canadian Art Collections U. Western Ontario. London, Ontario: University of Western Ontario, 1983
London Ontario Public Library and Art Museum. Eva Bradshaw, 1873-1938 : exhibition of paintings. London, Ontario: 1970
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.
McKendry, Blake. A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms. Kingston: B. McKendry, 1997
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Royal Canadian Academy of Arts/Académie royale des arts du Canada: Exhibitions and Members 1880-1979 Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981
Ontario Provincial Library Service. Ontario Library Review. Toronto: Provincial Library Service, 1940
Poole, Nancy Geddes. "London Women and Art." The Art of London: 1830-1980. London: Blackpool Press, 1984
Westbridge, Anthony R. The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction. Vancouver: Westbridge Publications, 2001

Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Annual Exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy."  Montreal Daily Herald  .  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) Gill, Charles.  "Le salon de peinture."  La Presse (Montreal)  .  p.16.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Ottawa, ) "R.C.A. Pictures on View at Ottawa."  Saturday Night  .  p.4.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Toronto, ) "Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Society is Holding Its Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition. Oils and Water Colours from Pictures Now Shown Will Be Selected Those For St. Louis Exposition."  Montreal Star  .  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition.: (Toronto, ) "Royal Academy Exhibition."  Montreal Witness  .  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Art of Canadians Well Represented."  Gazette (Montreal)  .  p.9.   Full-text pdf

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