ABOUT SOPHIE THERESA PEMBERTON
Canadian painter known for her portraits and landscape paintings. She is considered to be British Columbia's first professional female artist. In 1899, she was the first Canadian woman to win the Prix Julian from the Académie Julian for her portraiture.
In 1890, she traveled to London and studied at the South Kensington School of Art and Slade School of Art. By the late 1890s, she was enrolled at the Académie Julian. Upon her return to North America, she continued her studies in San Francisco.
She taught painting to local female artists in Victoria, Canada. After her work was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, she was the first artist from the province of British Columbia to receive international acclaim.
In 1905, she married Canon Arthur Beanlands, a widower and Anglican priest. Together, they traveled to India before he died in 1917. Three years later, she married Horace Deane-Drummond.
She was a near contemporary of Emily Carr . They spent much of their lives in Victoria, Canada.
