Historical Vancouver artist

Jack Shadbolt

Painter, teacher and writer whose modernist practice transformed natural forms and whose long teaching career shaped Vancouver art education.

Why this artist matters here

Geography and practice

Shadbolt moved to Vancouver in 1931 and became a central artist and teacher in the city’s twentieth-century art history.

Media and subjects

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Jack Shadbolt is connected here through painting, works on paper, text, books & publishing.

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Artwork evidence

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