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CREVECOEUR, Jeanne de

Born
Compton, Quebec, 1890
Died
Montreal, Quebec, 1970
Biography synopsis
Jeanne de Crevecoeur studied under William Brymner at the school of the Art Association of Montreal (1904-1908) She was one of the initial members of the Beaver Hall Group in Montreal and participated in the first exhibition of the group in 1921. She received the Wood Scholarship from the AAM which allowed her to pursue studies in Paris. Her work was included in the Art Association of Montreal Spring exhibitions from 1909-1925 as well as some of the shows of the Royal Canadian Academy between 1910-1915. In 1913, she exhibited at the Arts Club of Montreal and subsequently in 1927 and 1929 exhibited at the Eatons store art gallery. She was the president of the Society of Occupational Therapists in 1930 and became a puppeteer, producing puppet shows.
Media used
Drawing
Painting
Pastels
Education
Art Association of Montreal (under William Brymner (1904-1908))
Memberships
Beaver Hall Group
File & Archive locations
Art Gallery of Ontario - Edward P. Taylor Research Library and Archives
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Writings about
Arbour, Rose-Marie. Identification de l'avant-garde et identité de l'artiste: les femmes et le groupe automatiste du Québec (1941-1948) Montréal: Université du Québec a Montréal, 1994
Butlin, Susan. A New Matrix of the Arts: A History of the Professionalization of Canadian Women Artists, 1880-1914 Ottawa: Carleton University, 2008
Des Rochers Jacques, and Brian Foss, editors. 1920s Modernism in Montreal: The Beaver Hall Group. Une Modernite des Annees 1920 Montreal, Le Groupe de Beaver Hall Montreal, QC: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ; Black Dog Publishing, 2015
Levy, Bernard. "Urbain et Chic." Vie des Arts 20 Jan. 2016
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
Millar, Joyce. "The Beaver Hall Group: Painting in Montreal 1920-1940." Woman's Art Journal 13.1 (Spring-Summer 1992): 3-9
Walters, Evelyn. The Beaver Hall Group and its Legacy Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2017

Full text pdfs of exhibition reviews
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 02, 1909) "Exhibition of Art. High Water Mark Reached in This Year's Spring Showing in Art Galleries. Stricter Standard Set."  Gazette (Montreal)  April 03, 1909.  p.9.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 02, 1909) "Exposition d'art Canadien. Oeuvres remarquables de MM. Cullen, Rosaire, Boyd, Clapp, Beau, Brymner, St. Charles, Béliveau, Lamarche, Morrice, Paradis, Laliberté."  La Presse (Montreal)  April 10, 1909.  p.25.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 05, 1910) "Fine Collection of Pictures at Spring Exhibition in Art Gallery."  Montreal Star  April 05, 1910.  p.15.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 05, 1910) St. G. B..  "Art and Artists."  Montreal Herald  April 09, 1910.  p.9.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 05, 1910) William R. Watson.  "Notable Canvases in Art Exhibit. But Tone Would Have Been Improved by Elimination of Many Pictures. Review of Chief Features. What Morrice, Cullen, Brymner and Other Leaders in Canadian Art Offer This Year."  Gazette (Montreal)  April 13, 1910.  p.4.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 05, 1910) "Montreal."  American Art News  April 30, 1910.  8.29: p.2.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, November 24, 1910) "Exposition des oeuvres de nos artistes Canadiens."  La Presse  November 26, 1910.  p.23.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 09, 1911) William R. Watson.  "Artists' Work of High Order. Some Striking Canvases Hung in Montreal's Spring Exhibition."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 10, 1911.  p.7.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 09, 1911) "Belle exposition de peintures à la Galerie des Arts."  La Patrie  March 11, 1911.  p.1.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 09, 1911) "The Spring Exhibition."  Montreal Standard  March 11, 1911.  p.11.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibtion: (Ottawa, November 29, 1912) "L'Académie Royale Canadienne."  Le Devoir (Montreal)  November 29, 1912.  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibtion: (Ottawa, November 29, 1912) "L'exposition de l'academie royale."  La Presse (Montreal)  November 29, 1912.  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 26, 1913) "Spring Exhibition at Art Gallery. Opened for Private View Last Night with Many Meritorious Works. Some Post Impressions."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 26, 1913.  p.13.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 26, 1913) "Au salon de peinture à la galerie des arts."  La Presse (Montreal)  March 29, 1913.  p.16.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 26, 1913) Leon Lorrain.  "Le salon."  Le Devoir (Montreal)  March 31, 1913.  p.1.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, November 20, 1913) "Montreal Artists Are Well Represented at R.C.A.'s Annual Exhibit."  Montreal Herald  November 22, 1913.  p.11.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, November 20, 1913) Henri Fabien.  "L'Academie Royale. Les Portraitistes."  Le Devoir (Montreal)  December 09, 1913.  p.2.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 26, 1915) "Spring Art Show Has 478 Exhibits. Even Excellence Dominant Note at Art Association Which Opened Last Night. Nothing Very Daring."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 26, 1915.  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 26, 1915) Fabien, Henri.  "Chronique d'art. Le salon du printemps. I."  Le Devoir (Montreal)  April 10, 1915.  p.1.   Full-text pdf
Royal Canadian Academy Annual Exhibition: (Montreal, November 18, 1915) "Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Open Galleries. 288 Fine Pictures on Exhibition at 37th Annual Exhibition."  Montreal Herald  November 19, 1915.  p.5.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 24, 1916) "Younger Artists Well Represented. Some Leading Exhibitors Are Absent from Thirty-Third Spring Exhibition."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 24, 1916.  p.6.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 04, 1918) "Spring Exhibition at Art Gallery. Returned Soldier Exhibits Two Works Sketched at the Front."  Gazette (Montreal)  April 05, 1918.  p.5.   Full-text pdf
The Joint Annual Exhibition of the RCA and the OSA: (Toronto; Montreal (Fall), April 05, 1918) "Spring Exhibit at Art Gallery. Returned Soldier Exhibits Two Works Sketched at the Front. Four Artists Overseas. Late Exhibition of R.C.A. Held Works that Usually Came to Montreal - Good Watercolors."  Gazette (Montreal)  April 05, 1918.  p.7.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 16, 1923) "Montreal Artists Well Represented. High Standard Set at Spring Exhibition of Art Association."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 16, 1923.  p.6.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 16, 1923) Albert Laberge.  "Causerie en marge du salon du printemps. Peintres qui font de la sculpture et sculpteurs qui font des tableaux. Les Paysagistes."  La Presse  April 03, 1923.  p.10.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, March 27, 1924) "Meritorious Work at Spring Exhibit. Mural Paintings in R.C.A. Competition Part of Entries at Art Gallery."  Gazette (Montreal)  March 28, 1924.  p.15.   Full-text pdf
Art Association of Montreal Annual Spring Exhibition: (Montreal, April 26, 1925) "Art Association's Spring Exhibition."  Gazette (Montreal)  April 03, 1925.  p.6.   Full-text pdf

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