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Juliette de Lavoye fonds [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1926]-1976.

Reference:

R5243-0-3-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

165524

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Juliette de Lavoye fonds
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Fonds includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[ca. 1926]-1976.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6 paintings miniatures: watercolour on ivory.

Language of material:

English

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The accession consists of six portrait miniatures. Portraits are of Madame Georgianne Chaussé, mother of the artist, ca. 1926; politician Robert Choquette, 1950-60; poet J. Aldéric Raymond, before 1953; Governor General Jules Léger, and Madame Léger, 1976; author and painter Sophy Louisa Elliott, 1957.

Provenance:

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Lavoye, Juliette de, 1903-

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Lavoye, Juliette de, 1903- : The Montreal artist Marie Anne Juliette de Lavoye was born in 1903, and is one of the few Canadian women miniature painters. She changed her last name from her ancestral name of Lavoie to avoid confusion with several other Juliette Lavoies. In 1925-26 she was studying philosophy and in 1926 took a six week art course at the Koehne Studio in Chicago. After returning to Montreal she worked as a designer for the CPR, CNR and Bell Telephone (1928-39). In 1931 she studied art a further eight months at the Grand Central Art School in New York. In the 1930s she was copying photographs on porcelain and becoming a proficient miniaturist. Her sitters included royalty, celebrities and historical figures. After a commission from Lord Bessborough to paint his young son, she was commissioned to paint Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, and their miniatures were given to the King and Queen during the royal visit of 1939. During the war she studied drafting at Sir George Williams College (1941-46) and worked for the war effort as a draftsman for the Angus Shops (CPR) and Noordyn Aircraft Company, after which she resumed painting miniatures. One of her most important undertakings was a commission from Samuel Bronfman, founder of the House of Seagram to paint thirty-four miniatures of the Fathers of Confederation. The portraits were subsequently deposited at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. A member of several art societies she has exhibited in Canada and with the American Society of Miniature Painters. She was the first Canadian elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers of London in 1953. Macdonald, Colin S. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Vol. 3, c. 1971; National Archives files.

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On-line on Minisis at item level. (Electronic)

(Paper) Accession files and binders, Artist file, Portrait files.

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Custodial history:

The miniatures were acquired directly from the artist.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1976-035 PIC
1977-013 PIC
1981-062 PIC
1982-089 PIC
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Copyright unknown but possibly Juliette De Lavoye.
Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24