Helen Stadelbauer

Helen Stadelbauer (December 20, 1910 – April 6, 2006)[1] was a Canadian painter and educator known for her establishment of the Art Department at the University of Calgary.[2]

Helen Stadelbauer
Born(1910-12-20)December 20, 1910
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
DiedApril 6, 2006(2006-04-06) (aged 95)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
EducationCalgary Normal School, Alberta College of Art, Columbia University
Known forPainting, Educator

Biography

Helen Barbara Stadelbauer was born in Calgary, Alberta, on December 20, 1910.[3] She grew up in Calgary.[1] She attended Calgary Normal School with her sister Isabel[4] and graduated in 1933.[2]

Education

Concurrent to teaching, Stadelbauer pursued an arts education in the evenings and summers.[2][3] Beginning in 1936 she attended the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Summer School of the Department of Education.[3] At her summer courses at Banff she studied with A.Y. Jackson, Walter J. Phillips, and Charles Comfort.[1] She received an Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art.[2]

In 1947, after becoming a lecturer at the University of Alberta, Stadelbauer took a leave of absence to attend Columbia University in New York.[3] There she received her bachelor's and master's degrees.[2]

Career

Educator

Helen Stadelbauer began her career teaching at a rural school near Calgary. After teaching there for four years she transferred to a small two-room school in Calgary, where she taught four more years.[3]

In 1949, Stadelbauer returned to Calgary after studying at Columbia University. She helped to establish the University of Calgary as an independent entity from the University of Alberta.[1] She was a founding member the University of Calgary's art department. Starting as the sole faculty member, Stadelbauer worked to expand the department, both teaching and working in an administrative capacity.[3]

Stadelbauer stayed at the University of Calgary for 31 years, retiring in 1989. In 1997, she donated her papers and artwork to the library at the University of Calgary. She died in Calgary on April 6, 2006.[1]

Artist

Helen Stadelbauer painted in oil, watercolour, and acrylics. Little was known about her career until the 2000s, as often it was overshadowed by her career as a dedicated educator. She received formal instruction through six summer sessions at the Banff Centre, and painted landscape paintings, as well as abstract geometric works on paper.[5]

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References
  1. "Helen Stadelbauer Obituary". Legacy.com. The Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  2. "Stadelbauer, Helen". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. "Helen Stadelbauer fonds". University of Calgary Archives. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  4. Cook, Sharon Anne (editor) (2001). Framing our past : Canadian women's history in the twentieth century. Montreal [u.a.]: McGill-Queen's Univ. Press. p. 46. ISBN 0773521720. Retrieved November 18, 2017.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. Lavoilette, Mary-Beth (2012). Alberta Mistresses of the Modern, 1935 - 1975. Edmonton, AB: Art Gallery of Alberta. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-88950-164-5. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
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