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Canadian charity
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation (formerly The Elizabeth T. Greenshields Memorial Foundation) is a private Canadian charity
[1] that provides grants to young artists working in
representational
painting ,
sculpture ,
drawing and/or
printmaking . Recipients must be studying or in the early stage of their career.
[2]
History
It was established in 1955 by the Montreal lawyer Charles Glass Greenshields, Q.C. (1883-1974),
[3] in memory of his mother, Elizabeth T. Glass, to help young artists train in traditional artistic methods.
[4]
[5] It was endowed by Mr. Greenshields and does not solicit or receive external funding.
[1] By the terms of its
endowment , it is precluded from funding the pursuit of
abstract or
non-objective art .
[6]
[7]
It received the Excellence in Fine Art Education Award from the
Portrait Society of America
[8] in 2016 and the
Gari Melchers Memorial Medal
[9] from the Artists’ Fellowship
[10] in 2021.
In 2023, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation awarded close to C$1.5M in grants to 82 artists and art students.
[1] Since its inception, it has granted some C$30M to over 2000 students and artists in more than 80 countries.
[2]
Notable grantees
References
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"T3010 Registered Charity Information Return" . apps.cra-arc.gc.ca . Retrieved 2023-05-03 .
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"The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation" . www.elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org . Retrieved 2023-05-03 .
^ "Charles G. Greenshields Obituary".
The Montreal Star . August 1, 1974. p. 39.
^ Balfour, Lisa (Mar–Apr 1965). "Representational Art Has Wealthy Friend".
Canadian Art . 22 (2): 28–29, 57.
^ Smart, Tom (1992).
"Letters to Canada: Jack Chambers' Correspondence with Charles Greenshields, 1955-1962" . RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review . 19 (1/2): 133–141.
doi :
10.7202/1072858ar .
ISSN
0315-9906 .
JSTOR
42630503 .
^ "The Educational Front".
Time . June 20, 1955. p. 65.
^ "Modern Art". The McGill News . Autumn: 12–13. 1955.
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"The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation receives an award from The Portrait Society of America" (Press release). Exocet Relations publiques. Retrieved 2020-02-18 – via
newswire.ca .
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"The Artists' Fellowship - Melchers" .
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"2021 Newsletter" . Artists' Fellowship, Inc . Retrieved 2021-12-09 .
^ Smart, Tom (1992).
"Letters to Canada: Jack Chambers' Correspondence with Charles Greenshields, 1955-1962" . RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review . 19 (1/2): 133–141.
doi :
10.7202/1072858ar .
ISSN
0315-9906 .
JSTOR
42630503 .
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"Jack Chambers" . ccca.concordia.ca . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"John Fox, R.C.A. (1927-2008)" . Galerie Eric Klinkhoff . Retrieved 2023-11-27 .
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"Stanley Lewis chronology" . DIY documentaries . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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a
b
c Gilbert Elman, Leslie (September 2021). "The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation: Helping Artists Emerge". Fine Art Connoisseur . pp. 83–87.
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"Evan Penny - Detailed Curriculum Vitae" . Evan Penny . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
^ Hafesh, Louise B. (April 2008).
"Abstractly Real" . Artist's Network . Retrieved 2022-09-27 .
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"Künstlersonderbund in Deutscheland Member Page - Rudolf Stussi" . Künstlersonderbund in Deutscheland . Retrieved 2023-11-10 .
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"Chris Cran CV" . Wilding Cran Gallery . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Biography" . Martin Yeoman . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Steven Assael" .
New York Academy of Art . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Ken Currie CV" (PDF) .
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"Peter Edwards, Portrait Artist, Fine Art, National Portrait Gallery" . Peter Edwards . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Alison Watt Biography, Artworks & Exhibitions" . Retrieved 2023-11-27 .
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"Clive Head CV on Louis K. Meisel Gallery site" . Retrieved 2023-07-14 .
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"50/50/50 Catalogue" (PDF) . Retrieved 2023-11-27 .
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"Chantal Joffe Biography – Chantal Joffe on artnet" . www.artnet.com . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Jenny Saville Biography" (PDF) .
Gagosian Gallery . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Beata Bigaj" . www.beatabigaj.pl (in Polish). 2021-02-02.
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"Artist: James Lloyd" . www.galerie-huebner.de . 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Ann Gale" . School of Art + Art History + Design,
University of Washington . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Patricia Watwood CV" (PDF) .
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"Sophie Jodoin CV" (PDF) .
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"Michael Grimaldi" . New York Academy of Art - Graduate Program Faculty . Retrieved 2023-11-27 .
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"CV" . Teresa Dunn . Retrieved 2023-12-08 .
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"About" . Stuart Pearson Wright . 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Nathlie Provosty" . Maruani Mercier . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Benjamin Sullivan NEAC RP" . www.newenglishartclub.co.uk . 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Biography" . Alyssa Monks . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"CV" . Doron Langberg . Retrieved 2022-11-22 .
^ Artists (2014-05-13).
"Interview / Aleah Chapin" . International Foundation for Women Artists . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"CV" . Aleah Chapin . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"About" . Flora Yukhnovich . Retrieved 2020-09-27 .
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"Our Grantees 2019" . Mailchimp . Retrieved 2022-05-09 .
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"Danica Lundy" (PDF) . Super Dakota . Retrieved 2020-06-16 .
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"David Kassan - Page - CV" . David Kassan . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Meleko Mokgosi" . Honor Fraser . Retrieved 2020-02-19 .
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"Joani Tremblay Resume" . Retrieved 14 February 2022 .
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"Narbi Price CV" . Narbi Price . Retrieved 2023-07-14 .
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"Louise Giovanelli Bio" . Louise Giovanelli . Retrieved 2022-02-02 .
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