Prudence Heward was a Canadian figure painter, known for using acidic colour, a sculptural treatment, and giving an intense brooding quality to her subjects.
10 Facts About Prudence Heward
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Prudence Heward was a charter member of the Canadian Group of Painters, the Contemporary Arts Society and the Federation of Canadian Artists.
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Prudence Heward showed an interest in art at a young age, possibly encouraged by her artistically-inclined mother and sister Dorothy, and started drawing lessons at age twelve at the Art Association of Montreal school with William Brymner and Maurice Cullen.
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In 1929, in Paris, Prudence Heward met Ontario painter Isabel McLaughlin with whom she became friends and upon her return to Canada, would join with her and other artists on nature painting trips.
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Prudence Heward did a number of landscapes, with a particular attachment for Quebec's Eastern Townships.
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Prudence Heward joined the executive committee of "The Atelier: A School of Drawing Painting Sculpture" in 1931.
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In 1933, Prudence Heward was a charter member of the Canadian Group of Painters, but her struggle with asthma and other health problems eventually slowed her down.
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Prudence Heward died two years later, while seeking medical treatment in Los Angeles, California.
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Prudence Heward's work was influenced by schools of European modernism and her application of these principles and styles was more than merely formal.
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Works by Prudence Heward can be found in the collections of several Canadian galleries including the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa and the National Gallery of Canada.