Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake

Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (née, Mary Alexandra Bell; 1864, Douglas, Ontario - 1951, Ottawa) was a Canadian painter most notable for her portraits of children, as well as a jewelry designer and producer.

Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake
Born	Mary Alexandra Bell 1864 Douglas, Ontario
Died	1951 (aged 86–87) Ottawa, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Known for	Jewelry making, Painting, Watercolour
Spouse(s)	Charles H. Eastlake

Biography

Eastlake received her education at the Art Association of Montreal School from 1884 to 1887 (Robert Harris; Montreal), the Art Students League of New York (William Merritt Chase),[1] and between 1891 and 1892 at the Académie Colarossi (Gustave Courtois and E.L. Dupain; Paris). She first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1899 and exhibited at and was elected an associate of RCA in 1893.[2][3]

After marrying Charles Herbert Eastlake, an English painter,[2] and director of the Chelsea Polytechnic, she moved to England[1] and devoted time to learn enamelling and metal work for the production of jewellery as an applied art. Eastlake exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4] One of her pastels, an effect of sunlight through trees, was exhibited at the Salon of 1906. She painted in Sweden, Holland, and Belgium, as well as England and France.

Eastlake returned to Canada in 1939.[1]

The Pastel and the Boston Water Colour Societies made her a member, and besides the Salon, she exhibited at the Royal Academy, Arts and Crafts, and New English Art Club, and at exhibitions in Canada and the United States.[3] Her works are part of the collections in the National Gallery of Canada.[5]

Selected works

• Moonrise
• The Village on the Cliff
• Reverie
• Snowy Day in a Canadian Village

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cassell's Magazine (1909)

1. Farr, Dorothy; Luckyj, Natalie (1975). From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. p. 29.
2. Butlin 2009, p. 226.
3. Cassell 1909, p. 406.
4. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 24 July 2018.
5. Gray 2009, p. 36.

Bibliography

• Butlin, Susan (2009). The Practice of Her Profession: Florence Carlyle, Canadian Painter in the Age of Impressionism. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-7525-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Cassell (1909). Cassell's Magazine (Public domain ed.). Cassell.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Gray, Sara (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7188-3084-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)