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STEPHENS, Barbara H.
- Born
- Toronto, 1907
- Died
- ?, 1996
- Biography synopsis
- Barbara Stephens studied at the Ecole des beaux-arts de Quebec at the end of the 1920s and is best known for her illustrations included in a series of books by Blodwen Davis in the early 1930s. Her paintings and sketches were also acquired by many middle and upper-class Quebec residents during this era. Stephens is alternatively known as Barbara Stephens-O'Halloran.
- Media used
- Artists' illustrated books
- Painting
- Photography
- Education
- Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Quebec
- File & Archive locations
- Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec - Bibliothèque
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Canadian Art Makes Appeal: Paintings of Quebec Women Artists Prominent in Exhibit." Globe (Toronto) 11 Aug. 1932: 8
- Conseil du statut de la femme, and YMCA de Québec. Hommage aux femmes: Sur la ligne du temps à Québec...400 ans, 400 femmes. Québec: Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2008
- McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Formerly Art Association of Montreal: Spring Exhibitions, 1880-1970. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988
Writings by- Davis, Blodwen; illustrated by Barbara Stephens. Romantic Quebec. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1932
- Davis, Blodwen; illustrated by Barbara Stephens. The Charm of Ottawa. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1932
- Davis, Blodwen; illustrated by Barbara Stephens. The Storied Streets of Quebec. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1931
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) "Spring Exhibition Has Private View." Gazette (Montreal) . p.3. Full-text pdf
- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, ) Lucien Desbiens. "Les expositions. Le salon du printemps 1930." Le Devoir (Montreal) . p.1. Full-text pdf
