Bobs Cogill Haworth (1900–1988) was a South African-born Canadian painter and potter. She practiced mainly in Toronto, living and working with her husband, painter and teacher

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. She was a member of the

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with

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and members of the

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Biography

Education and training

Bobs Zema Vera Cogill, later married to Peter Haworth, was born in

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South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. She studied at the School of Design of the

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in London, England with Professor

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, and

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, specializing in ceramics (1919-1923). She immigrated to

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, Ontario, Canada in 1923.

Private life

The Haworths lived in the fashionable upscale district of Rosedale in Toronto. Their residence was a mecca for artists holding formal meetings and small exhibitions.

Career and official commissions

From 1913 to 1968 she worked as a painter in watercolour, oils, and later in acrylic. She also used standard clay for her pottery works. The majority of her works are signed "B. Cogill Haworth" or "Bobs Cogill Haworth". Haworth preferred landscape themes and waterscape themes but also ventured practice in non-objective paintings, some on a very large scale. Most of her paintings post-1950 were created on masonite and often signed on the front and verso; often with an artist's paper label. In 1936, Bobs Haworth was one of the founding members of 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 Ha ...

along with Nunzia D'Angel and Robert Montgomery. Haworth was the first honorary president. Both Peter and Bobs Haworth made illustrations for ''Kingdom of the Saguenay'' (1936) by

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. The Haworths also collaborated on illustrating James Edward Le Rossignol's ''The Habitant Merchant'' (1939). She was elected a full member of the

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in 1963.

Exhibitions

Haworth was a regular and prolific exhibitor with such institutions as the

(RCA),

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 M ...

(OSA),

Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (in French: La Société Canadienne de Peintres en Aquarelle), founded in 1925 is considered to be Canada's official national watercolour Society. Since the 1980s the Society has enjoyed Vice-regal ...

(CSPWC),

(CGP) among other formal and informal art groups and organizations.

Death and legacy

Haworth died peacefully at her home in Toronto. At her bequest, she left her entire art archives and remainder of her art works to Queen's University. In 1998, she was one of the four artists in ''4 Women Who Painted in the 1930s and 1940s'', curated by Alicia Boutilier for the Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa. Notes

References

Bibliography

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External links

images of Haworth's work
on MutualArt {{DEFAULTSORT:Haworth, Zema Barbara Bobs Cogill 1900 births 1988 deaths Canadian potters Canadian women painters Canadian women ceramists South African emigrants to Canada Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 20th-century South African painters 20th-century Canadian women artists Women potters 20th-century ceramists South African women ceramicists South African women painters