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DIMOCK, Elizabeth (Betty)
- Born
- St. John, New Brunswick, 1916
- Died
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2015
- Biography synopsis
- Elizabeth Dimock (nee Grimmer) attended the Pratt Institute in New York to study painting. She abandoned her art studies to enrol in a nursing course in order to enlist in the military during World War Two. In 1940, after graduating, she was stationed in Africa and later England. At the end of the war she attended the Sorbonne to study art before returning to Canada where she lived in Winnipeg and attended the University of Manitoba, graduating with a B.F.A. in 1979. She worked in watercolour as well as abstract printmaking and travelled to Japan to participate in summer print workshops. She was actively involved in the art community in Winnipeg as the chair of the Manitoba Society of Artists. In addition to showing her work in a number of solo and group exhibitions in the 1980s and 90s, she received a commission to paint the Stations of the Cross for a church in 1983. Dimock exhibited for over forty years in galleries as well as museums, including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, the New Brunswick Museum, and the Confederation Centre, Prince Edward Island. Internationally she exhibited in New York, Chicago and Mexico. Her watercolours won a number of awards in the 1960s.
- Media used
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Watercolour
- Education
- University of Manitoba, 1975 - 1979
- Pratt Institute of New York
- Sorbonne
- Memberships
- Manitoba Society of Artists, Chair 1971 - 1974
- File & Archive locations
- Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
- Artexte Information Centre, QC - Documentation Centre
- London Public Library, ON
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Archives
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Age of Expression." "Age of Expression." Winnipeg Free Press, Aug 10, 2006: D1 10 Aug 2006: D1
- "Second World War: Aiming to Save Memories: How the Memory Project keeps alive the stories of Canada's War Veterans." Maclean's 123.44 (Nov 15 2010): 50
- Barske, Katryna. Women Interrupted: An Exploration of the Lives of Selected Women Artists Represented in the University of Winnipeg Art Collection Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Winnipeg Art Collection, 2021
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/art-gallery/art-collection/women-interrupted.html - Dehod, Janice and A Karlinsky. Essence of the Moment: Betty Dimock Winnipeg, Man: Martha Street Studio, 2013
- Fry, Philip. Manitoba Mainstream: People’s Art Ottawa, ONT.: National Gallery of Canada, 1972
- Lawrence, Joan.. "Lives Lived: Elizabeth (Betty) Dimock." The Globe and Mail 29 Apr 2016:S6
- Legge, Elizabeth. Betty Dimmock Winnipeg, Man.: University of Manitoba Art Gallery, 1981
- Madill et al. Contemporary Art in Manitoba Winnipeg, MAN: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987
- Madill, Dimock, Betty, et al. Betty Dimock, Metamorphic Ruminations, Recent Work, 1981-1985. Charlottetown: Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, 1985 Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, 1985
- Small, Alan. “Right Time for Reflection.” Winnipeg Free Press 9 Oct 2020
- Wade, Karen. “Octogenarians Artists Book 20 years in Making.” Winnipeg Free Press 26 Nov 2003
- White, Laura. Winnipeg: Gallery 1CO3, 2013. Herstory: Art by Women in the University of Winnipeg Collection. Ed. Jennifer Gibson Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2013
- Winnipeg Art Gallery. Aspects of Manitoba Art: Jill Brooks, Betty Dimock, Janis Diner, Caroline Dukes, Milly Giesbrecht, Luella Levitt, Svitlana Muchin, Roderick Shiels, Ann Smith, Frank Zamkotowich Winnipeg, Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978
Writings by- Dimock, Betty. The Hand : Jesus’ Way to the Cross. (artists book) B. Dimock, 2003
