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Plurality and Agency: Portraits of Women by Prudence Heward
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Plurality and Agency: Portraits of Women by Prudence Heward
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The author examines the paintings of Montreal artist Prudence Heward (1896-1947). Heward's body of work was dominated by portraits of women and influenced by the new ideas and aesthetic methods which established modern ways of thinking and producing art in the early twentieth century. The author points out that Heward expressed an active strength in her female figures who were dealing with the conflict and ambiguities inherent in the cultural upheaval created by the changing social and political situation of North American women at this time -- a transformation that occurred at different rates for women in differing religious, economic and political situations. The author argues that Heward did this by painting the figures as subjects of their own lives rather than objects of a male-centered outlook, and as individuals who engaged with their diverse and often difficult circumstances in distinctive ways.
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Master's Thesis
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University of Alberta
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Edmonton, AB
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1999
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en
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Emeny, Shirley Kathleen. “Plurality and Agency: Portraits of Women by Prudence Heward.” Master’s Thesis, University of Alberta, 1999. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ40006.pdf.
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