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Regina Seiden Goldberg
Portrait of Regina Seiden, 1928,
by Eric Goldberg
Born
Regina Seiden

(1897-07-04)4 July 1897
Rigaud, Quebec
Died11 January 1991(1991-01-11) (aged 93)
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
EducationArt Association of Montreal,
Académie Julian
Known forPainting
SpouseEric Goldberg (1928–69)

Regina Seiden (4 July 1897- 11 January 1991), also known as Regina Seiden Goldberg was a Jewish Canadian painter who was an early member of the Beaver Hall Group.[1][2]

Biography

Seiden was born on 4 July 1897 in Rigaud, Quebec. she moved with her family to Montreal in 1905.[3] Between 1905 and 1912 she attended the French Catholic school Académie Marie-Rose, located in the Plateau neighbourhood of Montreal, where she was encouraged to explore her talents as a painter.[1][4] Between 1913 and 1918 Seiden attended the Art Association of Montreal where she studied under William Brymner, Edmond Dyonnet and Maurice Cullen.[1] Along with other former students of William Brymner, Seiden joined the Beaver Hall Group and took part in their first exhibit in 1921.[5] In 1921 Seiden moved to Paris where she studied for a year at the Académie Julien. In 1926 Seiden returned to Paris where she met her husband, fellow artist Eric Goldberg. They got married in 1928 at which point she stopped painting until after his death in 1969. Seiden lived and painted in Montreal until her death in 1991.

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[6], the National Gallery of Canada[7] and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "GOLDBERG, Regina Seiden". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Regina Seiden Goldberg". The National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Regina Seiden (Goldberg)". Masters Gallery Ltd. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Ancienne académie Marie-Rose". Gouvernement du Québec. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. ^ "The Beaver Hall Group". The National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Goldberg, Regina Seiden". Collections | MNBAQ.
  7. ^ "Regina Seiden Goldberg". www.gallery.ca.
  8. ^ Seiden, Regina. "The South American Girl". robertmclaughlingallerycollections.com. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. Retrieved 2020-05-27.