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GALBRAITH, Clara E.
- Born
- Hamilton, Ontario, 1864
- Died
- Hamilton, Ontario, 1941
- Biography synopsis
- Clara Galbraith was educated at the Wesleyan Ladies College in Hamilton, and was instructed in art by her mother who was an amateur painter. She was known for china painting, and she participated in the creation of a large dinner service by the Women's Art Association and given to Lady Aberdeen as a gift. In addition to her work in china painting, she painted in oils and watercolors. She exhibited work at the Women's Art Association of Canada exhibitions. She was president of the Hamilton branch of the Women's Art Association and she taught watercolor and ceramics at the Hamilton Art School.
- Media used
- China painting
- Oil painting
- Watercolour
- Memberships
- Women's Art Association of Hamilton
- File & Archive locations
- Hamilton Public Library, ON - Local History and Archives Department
- Women's Art Association of Canada Archives, ON
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Butlin, Susan. A New Matrix of the Arts: A History of the Professionalization of Canadian Women Artists, 1880-1914 Ottawa, Ontario: Carleton University, 2008
- Canadian Museum of Civilization. This Splendid Gift: the Canadian Historical Dinner Service Ottawa: Canadian Museum of History, 1999
http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/cadeau/caint02e.html - Cronin, Keri. "Science on a Salad Plate: Thinking about the Representation of Natural History in the Canadian Historic Dinner Service Project 1." Natural Science in the New World: The Descriptive Enterprise 31: 1-2 (2008)
http://www.erudit.org/en/journals/scientia/2008-v31-n1-2-scientia2574/019757ar.pdf - Elwood, Marie. "The State Dinner Service of Canada, 1898." Material History Bulletin/Bulletin d'histoire de la culture matérielle 3 (Spring 1977): 41-49
http://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/16955 - Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970
- Hopkins, J. C., ed. "Canadian Artists of Today." Canada: An Encyclopedia of the Country Toronto: Linscott, 1900
- National Council of Women of Canada. Women of Canada: Their Life and Work Montreal: National Council of Women, 1900
http://archive.org/details/cihm_11965
Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Sixth Annual Spring Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, March 29, 1894) "Art Notes" Toronto Saturday Night April 07, 1894. p.6. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Sixth Annual Spring Exhibition: (89 Canada Life Building, March 29, 1894) "The Woman's Art Association" The Week (Toronto) April 13, 1894. p.472. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Ham) - First Exhibition: (Y.M.C.A., February 18, 1896) "Art Notes" Toronto Saturday Night February 22, 1896. p.9. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, April 04, 1896) "Women And Art. Annual Exhibition of the Woman's Art Association. Purely Canadian Exhibits. Great Discretion Exercised in the Selection of Paintings. Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpatrick and Party Present at the Opening-The Exhibit Open Till the 17." Globe and Mail April 07, 1896. p.8. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 8th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, April 04, 1896) "ART" Toronto Saturday Night April 11, 1896. p.9. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - 9th Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, March 01, 1897) "Woman's Art Association. Annual Exhibition of Paintings by Members of the Association-Other Cities Represented." Globe and Mail (Toronto) March 02, 1897. p.6. Full-text pdf
- Women's Art Association of Canada (Tor) - Tenth Annual Spring Exhibition: (Robert's Art Galleries, April 19, 1898) "Art and Artists. Tenth Annual Exhibition of the W.A.A. Water Colors the Feature. Some Noted Canvases by Distinguished Artists. Contributions from Montreal, Hamilton, Brockville and Kingston - Toronto Well Represented - The Trend of Art." Globe and Mail (Toronto) April 19, 1898. p.5. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, March 03, 1900) "Ontario Artists. A Beautiful Array of the Works of Well-Known Wielders of the Brush." Globe (Toronto) March 03, 1900. p.26. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, March 03, 1900) Lynn C. Doyle. "Ontario Society of Artists." Globe (Toronto) March 10, 1900. p.28. Full-text pdf
- Ontario Society of Artists Annual Exhibition: (Toronto, March 03, 1900) Jean Grant. "The Ontario Society Exhibition." Toronto Saturday Night March 17, 1900. p.9. Full-text pdf
