Background
Doris Shadbolt was born on November 28, 1918 in Preston, Canada.
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Shadbolt attended the University of Toronto, where she studied Fine Arts.
Doris Shadbolt was born on November 28, 1918 in Preston, Canada.
Shadbolt attended the University of Toronto, where she studied Fine Arts.
After graduating, Doris Shadbolt worked at the Art Gallery of Ontario (nowadays the Art Gallery of Toronto) as a research assistant, as well as at the National Gallery of Canada. From 1948 to 1949 she served at Metropolitan Museum of Art. Then Doris moved to Vancouver, where she began to work at the Vancouver Art Gallery, first as a volunteer, then as a docent, curator, and director.
Shadbolt was an active art historian and biographer. A subject of her interest was the works of Canadian artist Emily Carr. In the middle of the 1970s, Shadbolt published Emily Carr: A Centennial Exhibition Celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary' of Her Birth. This was followed four years later with the publication of The Art of Emily Carr: A Choice.
Doris Shadbolt was married to Jack Shadbolt.