Died 1951 | ||
Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (née, Mary Alexandra Bell; 1864, Douglas, Ontario - 1951, Ottawa) was a Canadian painter most notable for her portraits of children, as well as a jewelry designer and producer.
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Eastlake received her education at AAM School (Robert Harris; Montreal), NYASL, and Academie Colarossi (Courtois and Delsunce; Paris). She exhibited at and was elected an associate of RCA.
After marrying Charles Herbert Eastlake, an English painter, and director of the Chelsea Polytechnic, she devoted time to learn enamelling and metal work for the production of jewellery as an applied art. One of her pastels, an effect of sunlight through trees, was exhibited at the Salon of 1906. She painted in Sweden, Holland, and Belgium, as well as England and France. The Pastel and the Boston Water Colour Societies made her a member, and besides the Salon, she exhibited at the Royal Academy, Arts and Crafts, and New English Art Club, and at exhibitions in Canada and the United States. Her works are part of the collections in the National Gallery of Canada.