Original Oil Painting on Artist Board Hard Paper. By and painted Bobrovnikov,Under Supervision Jane Law,of a painting by-Mildred Jones which is shown on verso. Personal hand written noted and dates on verso. Painted in c1950 by Bobrovnikoff-Bobrovnikov which was a student at the time and the teacher was Jane Law which it was under her supervision. From what the writing is saying it was given as a gift to Bobrovnikoff's mother in c1952. The original which this was taken from is affixed to the verso and signed Mildred C.Jones. All 3 artist are well listed Artist with very good Auction records. This painting on the frontal view is all original not signed and is under glass with gesso Wood Frame. The painting is in EXCELLENT CONDITION! MEASURES: Framed- 13 1/4" x 10 3/4" - Unframed- 12" x 9 1/2". PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! ----------------------------------
Jane B. Shaw Litt.D. (1917 – 2010)
A
painter, sculptor, potter and textile artist, Jane B. Shaw (aka: Jane
Brumm Shaw Law) was born in Philadelphia, U.S.A. and died in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, where she had lived with her husband (m. 1942) the artist
Anthony Law (see askART) since the early 1950s. The Art Gallery of Nova
Scotia, Halifax has 21 of her works in its permanent collection.
Her
mediums included watercolors, clay (ceramic vases), wood carvings and
mixed mediums. Her subjects included landscapes, portraits, figures,
still life, farmhouses, religion and allegory. Her styles were
Modernism* and Realism*.
Her art education
included one year at the School of Fine and Applied Arts, Portland,
Maine (c.1930s); the Brooklyn Museum, New York where she studied pottery
(c.1930s); graduation from the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Quebec City
(1941), where she studied under Jean-Paul Lemieux; the O'Hara Watercolor
School, Kennebunkport, Maine (c.1940s) under Eliot O'Hara; and pottery
classes in Halifax (c.1950s) under Conrad Sadowski.
Shaw
taught art in high school, in New England, during World War II. She
also taught at the O'Hara Watercolor School; at the Halifax Ladies'
College, Nova Scotia; at St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax; at
the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax; and conducted a workshop in
Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Her travels included Mexico, Chile, Bermuda,
Ireland, France and Italy.
Her works were
featured in the exhibitions “Nova Scotian Pictures: Art in Nova Scotia,
1940 – 1966”, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax (1994); “Sixty Years
Painting from Nature - Anthony Law and Jane B. Shaw”, St. Mary’s
University Art Gallery, Halifax (1996); and in “Diamond Jubilee: Nova
Scotia Society of Artists”, Halifax City Hall (1997 – 1998).
She
was the subject of a retrospective at St. Mary’s University Art
Gallery, Halifax in 1987 and a solo exhibition entitled “Jane B. Shaw:
The Colours of White” at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax in
2002/2003.
In 1993, she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from St. Mary’s University, Halifax.
Sources:
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume 8, Safdie to Smith (2006), by Colin S. MacDonald; Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Limited, Ottawa, Ontario
The AGNS Permanent Collection: Selected Works (2002), by Bernard Riordon et al; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage” (1995), edited by Charles Kidd and David Williamson; Debrett's Peerage Ltd./ Macmillan, London
Nova Scotian Pictures: Art in Nova Scotia, 1940 – 1966 (1994), by Sandra Paikowsky; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax
Canadian Heritage Information Network*
Council of Nova Scotia Archives website
----------------------------Biography: Mildred Jones-------------------------The following is from Mark Pomerantz:
Mildred C. Jones was born
in Scranton, PA in 1899. She studied at Philadelphia and at Paris
Academies under Henri Royer. After her marriage, she lived in London,
New York, and Cambridge and summered in Rockport, MA.
She
specialized in children's portraits and studied under Maurice Compris.
She was a long-time member of the Rockport Art Association (RAA). In
later years she maintained a residence in Rockport and wintered in
Mexico and the Virgin Islands. She died in 1992.
(Source: "Rockport Art Association Yearbook, 1940" and interviews with the artist)