Artist Jack Leonard Shadbolt
Title Untitled - Red and Black Abstraction
Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1954
Size 21.75 x 29.75 in. / 55.2 x 75.6 cm.
Frame Size 31.75 x 39.75 x 1 in.
Notes
signed and dated lower centre; framed with archival mat and special glass
Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Jack Leonard Shadbolt ~ [1909-1998] Canadian BCSA, CGP, CSGA, CSPWC, RCA
Shadbolt was born in England and came to Victoria, British Columbia as a child with his family. His work is represented in all the major galleries across Canada as well as in corporate and private collections. Shadbolt's numerous awards include the Order of Canada in 1972 and an Honorary Degree from the University of British Columbia. In 1987 he and his wife, art historian and curator Doris Shadbolt, established VIVA, the Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts, which supports and recognizes the achievement of artists in British Columbia.
for more biographical information and examples of work see the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery website at shadbolt.belkin.ubc.ca and also artist listing at National Gallery of Canada;
see
In Search of Form, by J.Shadbolt, McClelland, 1968;
Jack Shadbolt, by S.Watson, Douglas and McIntyre, 1990;
Correspondences - Jack Shadbolt, by P.Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, 1991;
Counterpoint: The Prints of Jack Shadbolt, by K.Henry, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1996
biography and other examples in
A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.417;
N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.279;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.18, Westbridge Pub., 2003
exhibition lists in
R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.371;
M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.348