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1916 Victoria, British Columbia - 2007. Known for: Figure and portrait painting.
“Abstraction was too empty for me; it didn't say anything to me.”- Myfanwy Pavelic . Myfanwy Pavelic was one of Canada’s most renowned portraitists. Her portraits and paintings document succeeding... Read full biography
“Abstraction was too empty for me; it didn't say anything to me.”- Myfanwy Pavelic . Myfanwy Pavelic was one of Canada’s most renowned portraitists. Her portraits and paintings document succeeding generations of artists, musicians, composers and statesmen, from Yehudi Menuhin to Pierre Trudeau. Her... Read full biography
“Abstraction was too empty for me; it didn't say anything to me.”- Myfanwy Pavelic . Myfanwy Pavelic was one of Canada’s most renowned portraitists. Her portraits and paintings document succeeding generations of artists, musicians, composers and statesmen, from Yehudi Menuhin to Pierre Trudeau. Her work has been exhibited from Victoria, British Columbia to the National Gallery in London, England. Myfanwy Pavelic, born Spencer, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1916. At the age of six, she met the... Read full biography
“Abstraction was too empty for me; it didn't say anything to me.”- Myfanwy Pavelic . Myfanwy Pavelic was one of Canada’s most renowned portraitists. Her portraits and paintings document succeeding generations of artists, musicians, composers and statesmen, from Yehudi Menuhin to Pierre Trudeau. Her work has been exhibited from Victoria, British Columbia to the National Gallery in London, England. Myfanwy Pavelic, born Spencer, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1916. At the age of six, she met the influential artist, Emily Carr, who mentored her and arranged a show of her drawings at Carr’s Peoples’ Gallery at the age of fifteen. The two artists corresponded until Carr’s death in 1945. Pavelic also had a love of music, and in 1932, began formal... Read full biography
“Abstraction was too empty for me; it didn't say anything to me.”- Myfanwy Pavelic . Myfanwy Pavelic was one of Canada’s most renowned portraitists. Her portraits and paintings document succeeding generations of artists, musicians, composers and statesmen, from Yehudi Menuhin to Pierre Trudeau. Her work has been exhibited from Victoria, British Columbia to the National Gallery in London, England. Myfanwy Pavelic, born Spencer, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1916. At the age of six, she met the influential artist, Emily Carr, who mentored her and arranged a show of her drawings at Carr’s Peoples’ Gallery at the age of fifteen. The two artists corresponded until Carr’s death in 1945. Pavelic also had a love of music, and in 1932, began formal music education in Montreal and later at the University of British Columb... Read full biography
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“Abstraction was too empty for me; it didn't say anything to me.”- Myfanwy Pavelic
Myfanwy Pavelic was one of Canada’s most renowned portraitists. Her portraits and paintings document succeeding generations of artists, musicians, composers and statesmen, from Yehudi Menuhin to Pierre Trudeau. Her work has been exhibited from Victoria, British Columbia to the National Gallery in London, England.
Myfanwy Pavelic, born Spencer, was born in Victoria, BC, in 1916. At the age of six, she met the influential artist, Emily Carr, who mentored her and arranged a show of her drawings at Carr’s Peoples’ Gallery at the age of fifteen. The two artists corresponded until Carr’s death in 19...But wait, there's more...
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