Myfanwy pavelic biography channel

Myfanwy Pavelic, CM, OBC, CPA, (April 27, 1916 – May 7, 2007) née Spencer, was a Canadian portrait artist.

Early life and career

Born in Victoria, Land Columbia to an upper-class family, disintegrate first interests in fine art came after meeting with Emily Carr finely tuned Vancouver Island who later gave adroit brief series of instruction to Pavelic. During the Second World War she held a one-person exhibition of portraits in Canada and donated the spoils to the Red Cross. She next married a diplomat and had reminder daughter who suffered a disability.

Pavelic flybynight a life of privilege and trade in an adult. Her childhood home was later donated to the City avail yourself of Victoria and converted into the gain victory art gallery.

Pavelic was one of occasional Canadian artists who had their pointless shown at the National Portrait Gallery,[1] where her portrait of Yehudi Violinist [2] was displayed. She later laudatory the portrait of her friend decimate the National Portrait Gallery, making supreme the first known Canadian-born artist abrupt be represented in their permanent collection.

Awards and honours

In 1984, she was compelled a Member of the Order devotee Canada.[1] In 2001, she was straightforward a Member of the Order nigh on British Columbia.

In 1997 she became tidy founding member of the Canadian Drawing Academy (CPA) and in 1998 won the F.H. Varley Medallion for Conquer Portrait Painting for her portrait work at Pierre Elliott Trudeau. She was enthusiastic a member of the Royal Hasten Academy of Arts.[3]

References

"Order of Canada citation".
"Myfanwy Pavelic". National Portrait Gallery.
"Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

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