Object Record
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Metadata
Accession # |
AC2012.9.1.02 |
Item Name |
Painting Watercolour |
Description |
Gouache, pastel, and watercolour painting on grey paper (.01) by Canadian artist, Effie Smith, untitled, ca. 1935. It is a still life of blue, pink, and white flowers in a tall grey and yellow ceramic vase. The vase is depicted sitting on a wooden table that has been mostly draped with a yellow and grey tablecloth. Vase and flowers rendered in pastel and gouache paint. Neutral grey watercolour background. Signed lower right, "G E Smith". It has been mounted behind glass with a white mat, in a thin, wooden frame (.02), painted gold. E373 |
Date |
Circa 1935 |
Provenance |
The painting was comissioned by the donor's grandmother, Anna Strudley for the family home at 186 Mornington Street in Stratford, Ontario. The donor's mother, Mary Strudley Monteith, recalls coming to Guelph with her mother, to discuss and later collect the painting. The painting remained at Mornington Street in Stratford until 1974, when it returned to Guelph. According to Judith Nasby's book, "The University of Guelph Art Collection," (1980), Gertrude Euphemia "Effie" Smith (1867-1960) moved to Guelph as a child. She went on to study art in Hamilton, Ontario, and later in Chicago, Illinois. She specialized in painting on china until the mid 1930s, at which time she began working in oil, watercolour and pastel. These latter works were mostly still lifes of floral arrangements. Smith exhibited her work in Ontario and the United States, continuing to paint until shortly before her death at the age of 93. |
Person \ Organization |
Monteith, Mary Smith, Effie Smith, Gertrude Euphemia Strudley, Anna |
Place |
Canada Chicago Guelph Hamilton Illinois Ontario Stratford United States |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Art number |
Art 1053 |
Creator \ Maker |
Smith, Effie |
Creator \ Maker |
Smith, Gertrude Euphemia |
Subjects |
Flowers Figurative Still life |
Title (art only) |
Untitled [Still life with flowers] |
Art Image size |
Approx. 63 (h) x 47 (w) cm |
Art Frame size |
81 (h) x 64 (w) cm |