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LANDORI, Eva
- Born
- Budapest, Hungary, 1912
- Died
- Montreal, Quebec, 1987
- Biography synopsis
- Landori studied at an independent art school run by the artist Álmos Jaschik in Budapest before moving to Paris where she attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere following World War II. She immigrated to Montreal in 1951, returning to Paris in 1959, 1961, and 1964 to study at the Atelier de Gravure de Friedlander. From 1955to 1961 she was represented by the Agnes Lefort Gallery in Montreal, and throughout the sixties her work was included in numerous international exhibitions. She was an active member of artists associations including the Canadian Society of Painters-Etchers and Gravures (1961-76). In addition to serving as vice-president, she organized numerous annual exhibitions including the Salon internationale du gravure at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1971. She was also a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (1972-1976) and the Print and Drawing Council of Canada (1976). She exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art Spring shows, and her work was included in a show with the well-known artist Betty Goodwin in 1965. Landori's work is held in many public collections, including the Montréal Museum of Fine Art, Musée nationale du Québec, Bibliothèque et archive nationale du Quebec, Bibliotheque nationale du Paris, Library of Congress, Washington, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
- Media used
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Education
- Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, 1951 - ?
- Memberships
- Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1961-1976, vice-president 1963-1975
- Canadian Society of Graphic Art, 1972-76
- Print and Drawing Council of Canada, 1976
- File & Archive locations
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, QC - Media Centre
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Grandbois, Michele. L'Estampe contemporain quebecoise Quebec, Quebec: Universite Laval, 1996
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq26068.pdf - Hakim, Mona. Le Festival de peinture à Mascouche: L'abstraction à Montréal, 1950-70 Mascouche, QC: Festival de peinture à Mascouche, 1994
- Johnson, Una. 5th Burnaby Print Show Burnaby, BC: Burnaby Art Gallery, 1969.
- Lafleur, Genevieve. Le role des entrepreneures culturelles dans le developpement des arts visuels au Quebec (1949-1960) Montreal, QC: Université du Québec à Montréal, 2020
- Landori Eva and Elie Charles Flamand. Poemes, gravures Paris: Contemporains, 1964.
- Landori, Eva. Gravures: Landori Montreal, Quebec: Artistica, 1972.
- 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
- Malenfant, Nicole. L'estampe Québec, Qc: Ministère des Communications du Québec, 1979.
- Oko, Andrew J. and Rosemary Donegan. The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect 1981.
- Remillard, Henri. Gravures de l'artiste Eva Landori Montreal, Quebec: Fonds Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, 1973
http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3165150?docref=jbO0XxmYhjRKBeAVcf8J - Repentigny, R. de. "Images et plastiqes: Douceur, feu et affirmation." La Presse (Montreal) 1 Nov. 1958
- Rosshandler, Leo. Planches: 23 artistes-graveurs du Québec, la Collection Lavalin Montreal, QC: Lavalin, 1982.
Writings by- Lefebvre, Germain, Eva Landori, and Robert Elie. Salon international de la gravure: Montréal 1971/International Exhibition of Graphics : Montréal 1971 Montreal: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal/Montreal Museum of Fine Art, 1971.
