Benita Sanders

Benita Sanders
Born
Benita Elizabeth Sanders

(1935-04-06) April 6, 1935 (age 89)
Betchworth, Surrey, England
NationalityEnglish-born Canadian
EducationÉcole des Beaux-Arts des Beaux Arts, Paris; Chelsea College of Art, London; the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze; Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter (1960-1963); Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, NY (1963–1973)

Benita Sanders (born April 6, 1935) is a Canadian printmaker, painter and pastelist.

Career

Sanders was born in Betchworth, Surrey.[1] Her mother emigrated to Canada with her in 1940. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts des Beaux Arts, Paris; the Chelsea Art School, London (1956-1958); the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1958-1960); Atelier 17, Paris with Stanley William Hayter (1960-1963); and at Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, NY (1963–1973).[2]

After a first visit and solo kayak trip to the Queen Charlotte islands, now Haida Gwaii, in the 1960s, she lived there for 40 years. She participated in a solo show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1964) and the National Gallery of Canada juried group show Canadian Water Colours, Drawings and Prints (1966) and then had a number of solo shows at commercial galleries in Ottawa (Robertson Galleries, 1964 and 1972), Toronto (Gallery Pascal, 1968) and Vancouver (Equinox Gallery, 1973 and 1985).[2] She had a show of 60 years of work at the Haida Gwaii Museum in 2019.[3]

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[1] the Metropolitan Museum of Art[4] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[5] She is represented by Duthie Gallery, Salt Spring Island, BC.

References

  1. ^ a b "Benita Sanders". www.gallery.ca. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
  3. ^ "Benita Sanders". haidagwaiimuseum.ca. Haida Gwaii Museum, 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Collection | the Metropolitan Museum of Art". Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Benita Sanders - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.