Eileen Hazell (born 1903) was a Canadian sculptor and potter featured in the 1958 film "Craftsmen of Canada".

Biography

Hazell was born in Surrey, England in 1903 in Surrey, England, emigrating to Canada in 1928. She studied at

Central Technical School Central Technical School is a Canadian composite high school in Toronto, Ontario. The school is run by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB); before 1998, it was run by the Toronto Board of Education (TBE). Central Tech is located in the H ...

in Toronto. Hazell is best known for her work as a ceramicist. She exhibited widely internationally and in Canada at the

Canadian Handicrafts Guild The Canadian Handicrafts Guild (now known as La Guilde) was an association of Canadians involved in handicrafts that was founded in Montreal in 1906. At first the goal was to preserve and market traditional home crafts that were seen as being at ri ...

(annually at Montreal and Toronto); the

Ontario Society of Artists The Ontario Society of Artists (OSA) was founded in 1872. It is Canada's oldest continuously operating professional art society. When it was founded at the home of John Arthur Fraser, seven artists were present. Besides Fraser himself, Marmaduke ...

(1959 to 1962); Expo '67 at the Canadian Pavilion, and elsewhere.A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada She was the recipient of several awards, among them the CHG Canadian Design Award, the CHG Contemporary Design Award, and the Diploma and Honneur at the Exposition de La Céramique Contemporaine. Hazell was a member of the

(CHG) (1950), the

Canadian Guild of Potters The Canadian Guild of Potters was a non-profit organization of Canadian ceramic artists that was active from 1936 to 1978. Foundation The founding members of the Canadian Guild of Potters were Nunzia D'Angelo, Robert Montgomery and Bobs Cogill ...

(1960-Director) and the American Craftsmen's Council (c. 1947). Among the public collections which include her work is the

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (), abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is located in National Battlefields Park and is a complex of four buildings. Three of them were purpose-built for ...

and The Department of External Affairs (Canadian Embassy in Washington). Hazell died in 1984 in Toronto.

References

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