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BULLOCK-WEBSTER, Julia
- Born
- England, 1826
- Died
- England, 1907
- Biography synopsis
- Julia Bullock-Webster spent two years visiting her son from 1894 to 1896 in Keremeos, British Columbia. She kept a diary of her sojourn documenting the diverse flora and stunning landscapes of the Similkameen Valley in B.C. In addition to paintings in watercolours and botanical studies, she produced numerous sketches of the landscape around Keremeos. The Penticton Art Gallery holds thirty-four watercolours donated by her granddaughter, and other works are also held at the Art Gallery of Victoria.
- Media used
- Watercolour
- File & Archive locations
- British Columbia Archives
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Vancouver Public Library, BC - Fine Arts and History Department
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Adams, John. "'Charm in the Wilderness' (Grist Mill, Keremeos)." Beautiful British Columbia Magazine 41.1 (Spring 1999): 45
- Brim, Connie. "Arming in 'a roadless country'." Okanagan History 80 (2016): 81-91
- Crawford, Paul. "Special Botanical Illustration Collection." Penticton Herald 16 June 2016
- Huneault, Kristina. I'm Not Myself at All: Women, Art, and Subjectivity in Canada Montreal; Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018
- Roberts, Mike, Directed by Ken Marty. Julia Bullock-Webster Kelowna, B.C.: CHBC Television Station, 2001
- Timmermans, Tricia. British Columbia : Off the Beaten Path. Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, 2002
