Yvonne Williams
Yvonne Williams | |
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| Born | 1901 Port of Spain,Trinidad |
| Died | 1997 (aged 95–96) Parry Sound,Canada |
| Known for | Stained glassartist |
| Awards | RAIC Allied Arts Medal(1957) |
Yvonne WilliamsRCA(1901–1997)[1]was astained glassartist, known for her design and creation of stained glass windows in Canada, including the windows inSt. John's Shaughnessyin Vancouver,[2]Chalmers United Church inGuelph,Ontario and St. Michael & All Angels Church in Toronto.[3]
Biography
[edit]Williams was born to Canadian parents inPort of Spain,Trinidad.[1]In 1918, the family returned to Canada.[1]
Williams enrolled in theOntario School of Artin 1922. There she studied sculpture then painting, studying underArthur Lismer,Frederick VarleyandJ. E. H. MacDonald.She changed her focus to glass and fine art metal, staying an additional year at university to study underEdith Grace Coombs.In 1928, she began an apprenticeship atCharles Jay Connick's studio in Boston, Massachusetts.[1]In 1936, she travelled to France to study the stained glass at Chartres.[4]
Returning to Toronto, Williams opened a studio in 1930, located on Cariboo Avenue in North Toronto in a house she rented from Arthur Lismer. The studio was in operation for almost 30 years.[5]The studio received over four hundred commissions across Canada for both public and private spaces.[1]Images by Williams were selected for the 1976 Canadian Yuletide 20 cent stamp and the 1997 Canadian Yuletide 52 cent stamp.[5]Her career spanned almost 50 years at a time when it was unique for a woman to enter the field of stained glass.[6]An interview with Williams about her career is available inLibrary and Archives CanadaunderJoan Murrayfonds, R4917.
Williams was a member ofRoyal Architectural Institute of Canada(RAIC) and theRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts.[1]
She died in 1997 inParry Sound,Ontario. She had previously donated lakefront land for a public park on Mill Lake, now known as Yvonne Williams Park.
References
[edit]- ^abcdef"Williams, Yvonne".Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.Archivedfrom the original on 1 December 2017.Retrieved21 November2017.
- ^"Stained Glass".St. John's Shaughnessy.Retrieved11 December2022.
- ^"Our History".St. Michael & All Angels Church.Retrieved28 December2020.
- ^Helen Kemp Frye, Yvonne Williams ". The Canadian Forum 18 (June 1938), pp. 80–81.
- ^abWalters, Evelyn."A Set of Four Paintings by Canadian Modernist Yvonne Williams".Canadian Modernist Painters: The Beaver Hall Group.Archivedfrom the original on 1 December 2017.Retrieved21 November2017.
- ^Crawford, Gail (1998).A Fine Line: Studio Crafts in Ontario from 1930 to the Present.Dundurn. p. 208.ISBN1459725735.Retrieved21 November2017– via Google Books.
