Artist Margaret Shelton
Title Yellow Poplar, Banff #127/200
Media lino and wood block in six colours on paper
Dated
1952
Size 4.75 x 4 in. / 12.1 x 10.2 cm.
Frame Size 11.25 x 9.25 x 1 in.
Sold $900
Estimate $500 - $700
Notes
signed, titled, dated '79' and numbered along bottom; framed with archival mat; some minor yellowing and creases noted
Reference
MSBP #132 ed:200
Provenance
private collection, Alberta
Biographical Information
Margaret Shelton ~ [1915-1984] Canadian ASA, CPE
Raised in the mining town of Rosedale, Shelton felt a kinship with both nature and working class people which greatly influenced her art. She studied under such celebrated artists as A.C. Leighton, H.G. Glyde and Walter J. Phillips, and managed to appear regularly in Alberta art exhibitions despite raising a family during the 1950s and '60s. She was a master printmaker whose ouevre of vibrant and meticulous work has enriched the Canadian art tradition.
for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at margaretshelton.ca
see Margaret Shelton: Block Prints 1936-1984, by P.Ainslie [MSBP#], Glenbow Museum [no date]
biography and other examples in
Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.132;
Images of the Land, 1919-1945, by P.Ainslie, pg.90;
Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.28, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955;
Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy-Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.43, U of C Press;
Westbridge,Vol.4, pg.507;
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed.J.Heller, pg.507, Garland Pub., 1995