Prudence Heward (AKA: Efa Prudence Heward) was a painter. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and, except for travel and during World War I, lived there all her life. She died while visiting... Read full biography
Prudence Heward (AKA: Efa Prudence Heward) was a painter. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and, except for travel and during World War I, lived there all her life. She died while visiting Los Angeles, California (1). Her mediums were primarily oil on canvas and oil on plywood. Works in... Read full biography
Prudence Heward (AKA: Efa Prudence Heward) was a painter. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and, except for travel and during World War I, lived there all her life. She died while visiting Los Angeles, California (1). Her mediums were primarily oil on canvas and oil on plywood. Works in other mediums are rare. Her subjects are landscapes, still life, nudes, portraits and figures in landscape. The locations of the landscapes are mostly around her family's summer home in Fernbank, Ontario... Read full biography
Prudence Heward (AKA: Efa Prudence Heward) was a painter. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and, except for travel and during World War I, lived there all her life. She died while visiting Los Angeles, California (1). Her mediums were primarily oil on canvas and oil on plywood. Works in other mediums are rare. Her subjects are landscapes, still life, nudes, portraits and figures in landscape. The locations of the landscapes are mostly around her family's summer home in Fernbank, Ontario (220 miles west of Montreal on the St. Lawrence River); however there are also paintings from rural locations in south-eastern Quebec and from her travels (see below). She is perhaps most famous for her portraits, mostly of women; however, while... Read full biography
Prudence Heward (AKA: Efa Prudence Heward) was a painter. She was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and, except for travel and during World War I, lived there all her life. She died while visiting Los Angeles, California (1). Her mediums were primarily oil on canvas and oil on plywood. Works in other mediums are rare. Her subjects are landscapes, still life, nudes, portraits and figures in landscape. The locations of the landscapes are mostly around her family's summer home in Fernbank, Ontario (220 miles west of Montreal on the St. Lawrence River); however there are also paintings from rural locations in south-eastern Quebec and from her travels (see below). She is perhaps most famous for her portraits, mostly of women; however, while there are many in museums, they rarely come up for auction. The last portrait recorded sold at auct... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (26)
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Independent Spirit: Early Canadian Women Artists
2008
Prakash, A.K.
409 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Lasting Impressions: Celebrated Works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario)
2005
Bruce, Tobi and Janice Anderson
319 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Women of Beaver Hall: Canadian Modernist Painters
2005
Walters, Evelyn
192 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Painting Friends: The Beaver Hall Women Painters
1999
Meadowcroft, Barbara
240 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Hill, Charles C
374 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Masterpieces of Canadian Art: From the National Gallery of Canada
1990
Burnett, David; Dr. Shirley L. Thomson (Foreward)
230 pages (color)
Permeable Border: Art of Canada and the United States 1920-1940 (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto)
1989
Boyanoskji, Christine
70 pages
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal)
1988
McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing
417 pages
A Concise History of Canadian Painting (Second Edition)
1988
Reid, Dennis
418 pages (color)
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
Canadian Painting in the Thirties (National Gallery of Canada Exhibition Catalogue) (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Hill, Charles C
223 pages (color)
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
A Concise History of Canadian History, 1973
1973
Reid, Dennis
319 pages (color)
The Nude in Canadian Painting
1972
Morris, Jerrold
89 pages (color)
Canadian Painting 1850-1950 National Gallery Travelling Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1967
National Gallery of Canada
32 pages (color)
The National Gallery of Canada: Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture, Volume III
1960
Hubbard, R.H.
463 pages
Encyclopedia of Painting
1955
Myers, Bernard
511 pages (color)
Catalog of Paintings National Gallery of Canada (Exhibition catalog)
1948
National Gallery Of Canada
271 pages
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by the 'Canadian Group of Painters'
1936
Lismer, Arthur
12 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index