Inventory # AOL0123-E21241-001

PROVENANCE
Collection of the Artist
By descent to the present Private Collection, Winnipeg

Regina Seiden predominately painted portraits of women who, though constrained by expected societal roles, exhibit a sense of grace and individual character. Seiden was born in Rigaud, Quebec in 1897. After moving to Montreal, she attended the Académie Marie-Rose, a private French Catholic preparatory school for women, and later studied at the Art Association of Montreal under William Brymner, Edmond Dyonnet and Maurice Cullen. There were few professional women artists in Canada at the time, but Brymner encouraged his female students to to pursue artistic careers, and they looked to each other for inspiration. This led them to organize group critiques and exhibitions, and to form the Beaver Hall Group, and Seiden participated in two of their annual exhibitions in 1921 and 1922.

After completing her education, which included a year of training in Paris at the Académie Julian, she returned to Montreal in 1922. Throughout her career she experimented with different styles and techniques. In 1928 Seiden married artist Eric Goldberg, and they spent time in Palestine and Paris, both working together in studios. She eventually stopped painting, with her last show taking place in 1930. Her work was rediscovered in the 1970s, when feminist art historians began writing about overlooked female artists.

Seiden’s work was included in the National Gallery’s Special Exhibition of Canadian Art in 1926, and was shown in several important international exhibitions, including the Canadian section of Fine Arts at the British Empire Exhibition in London (1924) and the Exposition d’art canadien at the Musée de Paume in Paris (1927).

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