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DRUMMOND-DAVIES, Nora
- Born
- Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom, 1862
- Died
- Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 1949
- Biography synopsis
- Landscape and animal painter Nora Drummond-Davies was surrounded by the arts as a child. Her father taught at the Bath School of Art and Design and served as an art tutor to the Royal Family, and her grandfather, James Hardy (1801-1879), as well as his son, J. Hardy Jr., painted animals which influenced her subject matter. She produced illustrations, often featuring dogs and country scenes for Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., a British publishing company. After marriage in 1893 to Daniel Davies, she emigrated to Canada where they lived for a time in Banff, Alberta, where she taught at the Banff Public School in the 1920s. She also gave private lessons in painting and illustration to Peter Whyte, founder of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Drummond-Davies was viewed as an eccentric because she lived with numerous dogs and cats. She later lived in British.Columbia where she became a member of the Island Arts and Crafts Society in Victoria and participated in exhibitions. Her works are found in the collection of the New York Public Library, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, as well as the University of Victoria Art collection.
- Memberships
- Island Arts and Crafts Society, 1925-1932
- File & Archive locations
- Archives Society of Alberta
- Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, AB - Archives & Library
- Calgary Public Library, AB - Arts Department
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Carr, Emily. Dear Nan: Lettters of Emily Carr, Nan Cheney and Humphrey Toms Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1990
- Cavell, Edward and Whyte, Jon. Mountain Glory: The Art of Peter and Catharine Whyte Banff: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, 1988
- Chown, Diana. Painting in The Canadian Rockies between 1845 and 1923: An Overview Edmonton Alberta: University of Alberta (M.A. thesis), 1986
- Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970
- Lover, John Gordon. The Victoria Sketch Club: A Centennial Celebration, 1909-2009 Victoria, B.C.: Victoria Sketch Club, 2008
- Mayberry, Kim. Romance in the Rockies: The Life and Adventures of Catharine and Peter Whyte Canmore, Alberta: Heritage House Publishing Company, 2003
- Niwa, Kathleen. Rocky Mountain Palettes: The Art of Peter and Catharine Whyte Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, 1996
- Townshend, Nancy. Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012 Calgary: Bayeux Press, 2012
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, 1938) "Art Association's Spring Exhibition. Portrait Studies Especially Good; Fewer Landscapes." Standard (Montreal) March 19, 1938. p.5. Full-text pdf
