Pemberton, Sophia Theresa

PEMBERTON, Sophia Theresa, artist (b 13 Feb 1869, Victoria; d 31 Oct 1959, Victoria). She was BC's first internationally acclaimed female artist. The daughter of the surveyor J.D. PEMBERTON, she was raised in VICTORIA in circumstances of wealth and privilege and showed artistic talents from a young age. She went to Europe in 1890 and studied painting for 10 years in London and Paris. In 1899 she won the gold medal for students at the prestigious Académie Julian, the first woman to take top...

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