Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (1864 - 1951)

A prominent Canadian painter, Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (nee Bell; aka: M.A. Bell) was born in Douglas, Ontario; raised in Almonte, Ontario and Carillon, Quebec; she lived in England (1893 to 1939); and died in Ottawa, Ontario. She has an important place in Canadian art history as one of Canada's first professional women artists. She travelled extensively in Britain and Europe; as well as to Africa, Asia, Japan, South America and the South Pacific. She was the second woman elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. She exhibited with the Royal Academy* (London, England), the Paris Salon*, the Art Association of Montreal* and the Ontario Society of Artists*. Her works are in several mu...