Victoria Waterfront

Painting

The Union Club of British Columbia

Victoria Waterfront, n.d. Oil painting by Doris Leedham Hobbs

Name/Title

Victoria Waterfront

Entry/Object ID

2015.01.07

Description

Painting This is a marine landscape depicting the waterfront in Victoria, B.C. It is an Impressionist-inspired painting with light-filled colour and movement evident in the shoreline, the water, the distant islands/hills and the sky. The specific location is unknown.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on board

Subject Place

Region

Pacific Northwest

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Doris Leedham Hobbs

Role

Painter

Date made

n.d.

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Doris Leedham Hobbs was a member of the Canadian Women's Press Club Vancouver Island Branch, and it appears she was a reporter for the Saanich Star in the 1950s and 1960s. She was a member of the Island Arts and Craft Society and the Victoria Sketch Club. While further research is needed, according to information on this painting, Hobbs studied with artist Robert Morley, RBA (1857-1941), presumably in London, England, and with artist Will Menelaws (1877-1966), born in Scotland and active in the Victoria arts community from 1913 until his move to Port Angeles, Washington in 1964.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Inscription

Location

Signed monogram lower right: DLH

Transcription

Handwritten pen/ink on paper label verso frame: "Victoria Waterfront" by Doris Leedham Hobbs pupil of the late Robert Morely R.B.A. England and Will Menelaws (Edinburgh) Victoria

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Visible image

Height

34.3 cm

Width

44.5 cm

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Date

2014

Notes

Lunds Lot # unavailable

Web Links and URLs

Metropolitan Museum of Art - "Impressionism: Art and Modernity" by Samu. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Essays.