The following information is from the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=103. GERTRUDE DES CLAYES. Born: Aberdeen,... Read full biography
The following information is from the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=103. GERTRUDE DES CLAYES. Born: Aberdeen, Scotland, 1879 Died: London, England, 1949. Biography synopsisThe middle Des Clayes sister was primarily a... Read full biography
The following information is from the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=103. GERTRUDE DES CLAYES. Born: Aberdeen, Scotland, 1879 Died: London, England, 1949. Biography synopsisThe middle Des Clayes sister was primarily a portrait painter, although she also painted florals and birds. Like her sister, Berthe, she lived in London from 1906-1912. While in England, she became a member of the National Portrait Society... Read full biography
The following information is from the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=103. GERTRUDE DES CLAYES. Born: Aberdeen, Scotland, 1879 Died: London, England, 1949. Biography synopsisThe middle Des Clayes sister was primarily a portrait painter, although she also painted florals and birds. Like her sister, Berthe, she lived in London from 1906-1912. While in England, she became a member of the National Portrait Society (1911). Gertrude moved to Montreal in 1912 and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy two years later. Other distinctions include the reproduction of one of her portraits in Newton MacTavish's "The Fine Arts in Canada" (1925) and a medal from the... Read full biography
The following information is from the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. http://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=103. GERTRUDE DES CLAYES. Born: Aberdeen, Scotland, 1879 Died: London, England, 1949. Biography synopsisThe middle Des Clayes sister was primarily a portrait painter, although she also painted florals and birds. Like her sister, Berthe, she lived in London from 1906-1912. While in England, she became a member of the National Portrait Society (1911). Gertrude moved to Montreal in 1912 and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy two years later. Other distinctions include the reproduction of one of her portraits in Newton MacTavish's "The Fine Arts in Canada" (1925) and a medal from the Paris Salon in 1909. She returned to England in 1936. Her work "Young Canadian Gir... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (15)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts: Exhibitions and Members, 1880-1979
1981
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
448 pages
The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940
1980
Johnson, Jane; A Greutzner
567 pages
Scottish Painting in Canada
1978
Laurette, Patrick C
0 pages (color)
Dictionary of British Artists, 1880-1940
1976
Johnson, Jane; A. Greutzner
0 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
A Guide to Canadian Painters (A Thesis)
1940
Hughes, Margaret E.
32 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index