Dalla Husband

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In the dynamic, avant-garde milieu of Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, Winnipeg-born artist Gladys Dalla Husband (1899 - 1943) established herself as an imaginative and innovative artist. She used a legacy to travel to Europe and study art with Stanley William Hayter at his experimental print studio - "Atelier 17". This print studio was a place for experimentation in intaglio printmaking and as its reputation grew, it attracted many notable 20th century artists, including Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti and Max Ernst. These artists had a great impact on Husband's work, but her art was also influenced by social and political change, specifically her commitment to the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War. Dalla Husband's career as a Surrealist and the evolution of her individual and mature style are meticulously traced in this retrospective. Prints by Joseph Hecht and Hayter, that illustrate their influences on Husband's work, are also included. Exhibition organized and circulated by the Winnipeg Art Gallery with the financial assistance of the Government of Canada's Department of Canadian Heritage.