Juliette de Lavoye (1903- ) Georgianne Chaussé ca. 1926 Watercolour on ivory C-100657

Early in her career, Juliette de Lavoye worked as a designer for the CPR, CNR and Bell Telephone, and in the 1930s she was copying photographs on porcelain and becoming a proficient miniaturist. Her sitters included royalty, celebrities and historical figures. She has exhibited in Canada and with the American Society of Miniature Painters. She was the first Canadian elected an Associate of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers of London in 1953. This delicate portrait of the artist's mother, acquired from the artist in 1981, is one of a small collection of her works at the National Archives. Links to ArchiviaNet: Detailed description of the item