Unity Bainbridge
| Unity Bainbridge | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1916 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Vancouver School of Art 1932-1936 |
| Known for | Painting, Writing |
| Movement | Modernism, Contemporary Realism |
| Awards | Order of British Columbia 1993 |
Unity Bainbridge Order of British Columbia, (b. 1916) is a Canadian artist and writer of poetry inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast and its landscape.
Education
Bainbridge studied in Vancouver at the then newly formed Vancouver School of Art from 1932-1936 under Grace Melvin and Charles H. Scott. "She regrets not having the Group of Seven's Frederick Varley as a teacher and wishes that she had known Emily Carr."[1]
Career
Bainbridge, in the early 1930s trekked through a vast area of British Columbia's remote wilderness. She preferred to work alone and shunned most art groups. She was invited to join the Canadian Portrait Academy as a Founding Academician, but declined this offer.
Throughout her career she continued to work in graphite and watercolours as her primary medium often adding poetic titles if not full poems about the subjects she was depicting.
Exhibitions
Royal Canadian Academy Exhibition, 1938
Awards
Bainbridge received the Order of British Columbia in 1993.[2]
Publications
Artists' Books
- Songs of Seton (1975-76)
- Lullaby of Lillooet (1977)
Group Exhibition Catalogue
- Seymour Art Gallery: A North Shore Beginning (1990)
References
- ↑ Clark, Michael (1996). "Unity Bainbridge: Vancouver Artist". Visions in the making (the official publication of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design) (Vancouver, British Columbia: Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design) 2 (2): 7.
- ↑ Province of British Columbia (1993). "O.B.C. Biography - Unity Bainbridge". protocol.gov.bc.ca.