Prudence HewardLife & Work

“I am fascinated by the sense of interiority that Heward was able to create in these paintings of non-smiling women.”

– Julia Skelly

Prudence Heward: Life & Work describes the intriguing ways in which Heward approached her subjects—always with an eye to issues of class, gender, and race. Heward became one of the most innovative artists working in Canada during the early twentieth century. After her death in 1947, the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, organized a memorial exhibition of Heward’s work, which toured across the country, though her name soon fell out of notoriety until feminist art historians rediscovered her work. Julia Skelly reveals why Heward is now recognized as one of this country’s groundbreaking painters and one of the most innovative artists working in Canada during her lifetime.

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Banner Image: Prudence Heward, Girl on a Hill, 1928. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, no. 3678.