Artist Information
Artist
Nesta Maud Mary Bowen Horne (1896-1987)Role
PainterDate made
n.d.Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born to a civil engineer and artist in Barbados, Nesta Maud Mary Bowen Horne was a well-known Vancouver artist. She studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and the Académie Moderne in Paris. This French fine arts school was founded by “Cubists” Fernand Léger (1881-1955) and Amédée Ozenfant (1886-1966) in 1924. Later Bowen Horne completed further training in portrait painting in London, England. She came to Canada in 1929, settling in Vancouver, later moving to Vancouver Island.
Bowen Horne exhibited her artwork in the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1934 to 1950, and was elected a member in 1942. She also exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in their Annual Exhibitions from 1942 to 1954. Bowen Horne was considered a leading Vancouver artist, exhibiting locally as well as in Toronto, St. Catherines, Hamilton and Washington, D.C. Bowen Horne painted landscapes, flowers and semi-abstract works, and specialized in portrait commissions. She died in Victoria at age 91.