Myfanwy Pavelic
Myfanwy Pavelic | |
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| Born | Myfanwy Spencer April 27, 1916 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | May 7, 2007 (aged 91) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Education | Privately by Emily Carr |
| Known for | Painter |
| Notable work | "Katharine Hepburn", "Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau" |
| Spouse | Niki Pavelic |
| Awards | Order of Canada Order of British Columbia Canadian Portrait Academy |
Myfanwy Pavelic, CM OBE RCA DFA (April 27, 1916 – May 7, 2007) née Spencer, was a portrait artist.
Early life and career
[edit]Born in Victoria, British Columbia to an upper-class family, her first interests in fine art came after meeting with Emily Carr on Vancouver Island who later gave a brief series of instruction to Pavelic. Aside from a few months of study with a Yugoslav artist, she was self-taught as a painter.[1] She studied at Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School in Montreal, Canada as a boarder.[2][3] During the Second World War, she held a one-person exhibition of portraits in Canada and donated the proceeds to the Red Cross. She later married a diplomat and had one daughter who suffered a disability.
Pavelic was one of few Canadian artists who had their work shown at the National Portrait Gallery,[4] where her portrait of Yehudi Menuhin[5] was displayed. She later donated the portrait of her friend to the National Portrait Gallery, making her the first known Canadian-born artist to be represented in their permanent collection.
Pavelic's childhood home was donated to the City of Victoria and converted into the art gallery.
Awards and honours
[edit]In 1984, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[4] In 1984 she received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Victoria and awarded the Order of Canada.[6] In 2001, she was made a Member of the Order of British Columbia.
In 1997 she became a founding member of the Canadian Portrait Academy (CPA) and in 1998 won the F.H. Varley Medallion for Best Portrait Painting for her portrait of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. She was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[7]
Selected ehibitions
[edit]- Collages: Myfanwy Pavelici, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 1976[6]
- Variations on the Figure, Utley Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, 1977[6]
- For Yehudi Menuhiin, Maltwood Art Gallery and Museum, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 1983[6]
- Yehudi Menuhin, Barbican Centre, London, England, 1985[6]
- Relationships, North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, 1985[6]
- Smalls, North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, 1985[6]
- Altered Ego, Women in Focus Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1986[6]
- Trudeau, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, 1992[6]
- Myfanwy Pavelic: Inner Explorations, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, 1994[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic: A Selection of Works. Burnaby, BC, Canada: Burnaby Art Gallery. 1978.
- ^ "Pierre Trudeau's Portrait Painted by Myfanwy Pavelic '34" (PDF). Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School - Newsletter (19): 12. Summer 1991. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2021.
- ^ "Welcome to our new Honourary Member: Myfanwy Pavelic" (PDF). Bottega. 4 (1): 1–2. May 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Honours: Order of Canada". Governor General of Canada. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Myfanwy Pavelic". National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Myfanwy Pavelic: Inner Explorations. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. 1994. ISBN 0-88885-178-2.
- ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20121025052004/https://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=bc47bcbb-ee0b-4d1e-9dab-dcf851c18624&k=11736 From Menuhin to Trudeau, she painted them all] at Victoria Times-Colonist
- Canadian Portrait Academy
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- 1916 births
- 2007 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian women painters
- Members of the Order of British Columbia
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Artists from Victoria, British Columbia
- Canadian portrait painters
- Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- 20th-century Canadian painters
- 20th-century Canadian women artists
- 20th-century women painters