Artist Jack Leonard Shadbolt
Title Shore Image #7/100
Media colour etching on paper
Dated
1991
Size 23.75 x 32.25 in. / 60.3 x 81.9 cm.
Frame Size 37.75 x 45.25 x 1 in.
Sold $1,800
Estimate $800 - $1,000
Notes
signed, titled, numbered and dated along bottom; framed with archival mat
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Biographical Information
Jack Leonard Shadbolt ~ [1909-1998] Canadian BCSA, CGP, CSGA, CSPWC, RCA
Shadbolt was born in England and came to Victoria, British Columbia as a child with his family. His work is represented in all the major galleries across Canada as well as in corporate and private collections. Shadbolt's numerous awards include the Order of Canada in 1972 and an Honorary Degree from the University of British Columbia. In 1987 he and his wife, art historian and curator Doris Shadbolt, established VIVA, the Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts, which supports and recognizes the achievement of artists in British Columbia.
For further biograhical information and scholarly essays see the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery website at shadbolt.belkin.ubc.ca and also artist listing at National Gallery of Canada; see In Search of Form, by J.Shadbolt, McClelland, 1968; Jack Shadbolt, by S.Watson, Douglas and McIntyre, 1990; Correspondences - Jack Shadbolt, by P.Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, 1991; Counterpoint: The Prints of Jack Shadbolt, by K.Henry, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1996; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.417 and N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.279; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.18, Westbridge Pub., 2003; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.371 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.348