Doris Shadbolt

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Doris Meisel Shadbolt (November 28, 1918 – December 22, 2003) was a Canadian art curator, writer and co-ordinator of exhibitions.

Born in Preston, Ontario, she studied fine arts at the University of Toronto. She had positions at the Art Gallery of Ontario (1942-1943), the National Gallery of Canada (1943-1945) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1948-1949). In 1950, she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia becoming educator, curator and finally associate director of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

She married artist Jack Shadbolt after World War II.

In 1975, she wrote The Art of Emily Carr and Bill Reid in 1986.

In 1973, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.