Bobs Coghill Haworth
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Bobs Coghill Haworth was a South African-born Canadian painter and potterer. She practiced mainly in Toronto, living and working with her husband painter and teacher Peter Haworth. She co-founded the Canadian Group of Painters
with Yvonne McKague Housser
, Isabel McLaughlin
and members of the Group of Seven
.
and immigrated to Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
in 1923. She studied watercoloir and oil painting in South Africa under Professor Rothenstein, Professor Tristram and Dora M. Billington and received her degree of A.R.C.A. from the University of London
, England
.
From 1913 - 1968 she worked as a painter in watercolour, oils and later in acrylic. She also used cstandard lay for her pottery. The majority of her works are signed "B. Coghill Haworth" or "Bobs Coghill Haworth".
in Toronto. Her and Peter's residence was often a mecca for artists holding formal meetings and small exhibitions in their large home.
as well as murals.
(RCA), Ontario Society of Artists
(OSA), Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
(CSPWC), Canadian Group of Painters
(CGP) among other formal and infromal art groups and organizations.
Canadian Group of Painters
The Canadian Group of Painters was a collective of 28 painters from across Canada which came together as group in 1933. They succeeded the disbanded Group of Seven, whose paintings of the Canadian wilderness had been a strong influence on Canadian art....
with Yvonne McKague Housser
Yvonne McKague Housser
Yvonne McKague Housser, . Painter and teacher. She was an early Modernist Canadian painter specializing in landscapes and design.-External links:*...
, Isabel McLaughlin
Isabel McLaughlin
Isabel Grace McLaughlin, CM, O.Ont, CGP, Hon. CPA was a Canadian visual artist, patron and philanthropist. She was an early Modernist Canadian painter specializing in landscapes and still life with a strong interest in design...
and members of the Group of Seven
Group of Seven
Group of Seven can refer to:*G7 - the "Group of seven" industrially advanced nations .*Group of Seven - a group of Canadian landscape artists....
.
Education and training
Haworth was born in Queenston, South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and immigrated to Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in 1923. She studied watercoloir and oil painting in South Africa under Professor Rothenstein, Professor Tristram and Dora M. Billington and received her degree of A.R.C.A. from the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
From 1913 - 1968 she worked as a painter in watercolour, oils and later in acrylic. She also used cstandard lay for her pottery. The majority of her works are signed "B. Coghill Haworth" or "Bobs Coghill Haworth".
Private life
Haworth lived a comfortable life in the fashionable upscale district of RosedaleRosedale, Toronto
Rosedale is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which was formerly the estate of William Botsford Jarvis, and so named by his wife, granddaughter of William Dummer Powell, for the wild roses that grew there in abundance....
in Toronto. Her and Peter's residence was often a mecca for artists holding formal meetings and small exhibitions in their large home.
Career and official commissions
Haworth preferred landscape themes and waterscape themes but also ventured practice in non-objective paintings, some on a very large scale. Most of her paintings post 1950 were created on masonite and often signed on the front and verso; often with an artist's paper label. One of her major commissions was illustrations for the book Kingdom of The Saguenay 1936 by Marius BarbeauMarius Barbeau
Charles Marius Barbeau, , also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology...
as well as murals.
Portraits by other artists
1940 - "Self Portrait with Hat". Coll. Corbet Collection of Canadian Women Artists.Exhibitions
Haworth was a regular and prolific exhibitor with such institutions as the Royal Canadian Academy of ArtsRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian arts-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson was a member and president of the Academy...
(RCA), Ontario Society of Artists
Ontario Society of Artists
Founded in 1872, the Ontario Society of Artists is Canada's oldest continuously operating art society. The list of objectives drawn up by the founding executive included 'the fostering of Original Art in the province, the holding of Annual Exhibitions, and formation of an Art Library and Museum...
(OSA), Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour
The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour , founded in 1925 is considered to be Canada’s official national water colour Society. Since the 1980s the Society has enjoyed Vice-regal Patronage from the incumbent Governor-General of Canada...
(CSPWC), Canadian Group of Painters
Canadian Group of Painters
The Canadian Group of Painters was a collective of 28 painters from across Canada which came together as group in 1933. They succeeded the disbanded Group of Seven, whose paintings of the Canadian wilderness had been a strong influence on Canadian art....
(CGP) among other formal and infromal art groups and organizations.