Artist Dorothy Henzell Willis
Title Notre Dame des Victoires, Quebec City
Media watercolour on paper
Size 23.75 x 16.75 in. / 60.3 x 42.5 cm.
Notes
signed and titled along bottom; framed; minor handling marks and surface dirt noted; very minor paper loss upper right corner
Reference
artist included in Alberta Mistresses of the Modern, 1935-1975, curated by Mary-Beth Laviolette at the Art Gallery of Alberta, 2012 and Rough Country, the Strangely Familiar in Mid-20th Century Alberta Art by Mary Beth Laviolette and Ruth Burns at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton October 3, 2015)
Provenance
from the estate of the artist
Biographical Information
Dorothy Henzell Willis ~ [1899-1988] Canadian ASA
see Printmaking in British Columbia 1889-1983, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V. for biography and another example of the artist's work; joined the Edmonton Art Club in 1927 and listed in The Changing Picture - 65 Years of the Edmonton Art Club, by T.Fenton, E.A.G., 1987; by 1945 was living in Vancouver and artist in residence at U.B.C.; biography and example at www.jwprintsandmaps.com