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Freda Pemberton Smith (April 7, 1902 – February 8, 1991), a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, was a Canadian landscapist and portraitist. Her work has been shown in exhibitions from British Columbia to Newfoundland, and is found in private, public and corporate collections at home and abroad. Her biography appears in Colin S. MacDonald's ''A Dictionary of Canadian Artists.'' ==Biography and career== Born April 7, 1902, Freda Pemberton Smith enjoyed a career that spanned eight decades of the 20th Century. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, and later in London at the Slade School of Fine Art. One of her teachers was Edmond Dyonnet, RCA, who also numbered Jack Bush and A.Y. Jackson among his students. Her family had reluctantly allowed her to pursue an art career on the understanding that she earn a living at it. In the 30’s, however, the Depression put an end to a promising start in the field of commercial art, and her work was further interrupted by the advent of World War II and service overseas with the Red Cross VAD. After the war, Miss Smith began painting again and also did some teaching, but like many women artists of the past century found much of her time taken up with family obligations. It was only after her mother’s death in 1956 that she was able to devote herself fully to her art. She left Montreal in the mid-sixties for the Ottawa Valley town of Vankleek Hill, where she soon became a familiar figure, painting outdoors in watercolour with her paper on the ground and her long-handled brush. Freda Pemberton Smith was known for her expressionistic style and for her strong use of colour and her ability to convey effects of light, mood and movement. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Galerie Dresdnere and Kaspar Gallery (Toronto); Wallacks, Robertson Galleries and the Karsh-Masson Gallery (Ottawa); and Zwicker’s Gallery (Halifax), among others. She also participated in group shows held by the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; the Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery; and the (Pastel Society of America ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freda Pemberton Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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